1.   The President shall affix her signature to the following presidential appointments:
   
   (1) Officials whose appointments are vested in the President under the Constitution;
   
   (2) Secretaries of departments, undersecretaries, assistant secretaries;
   
   (3) Ambassadors, Ministers, and Consuls;
   
   (4) Flag officers of the Armed Forces; Colonels (and Captains in the Navy);
   
   (5) Officials with ranks equal to those enumerated in items 1, 2, 3, and 4 above.
   
   
2. Presidential appointments below those enumerated above and recommended by the heads of the departments or offices and approved by the President may be signed by the Executive Secretary or the Deputy Executive Secretary, acting for and œBy Authority of the President .

DONE in the City of Manila, this 6th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.


By the President:
(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary