There is hereby created a FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) for the purpose of investigating and determining all the facts and circumstances regarding the voluntary offer to sell the Garchitorena land in Camarines Sur and the proceedings relative thereto under the Agrarian Reform Program. The Committee shall be composed of:

JOSE Y. FERIA - Chairman Retired Justice of the Supreme Court   NESTOR B. ALAMPAY - Member Retired Justice of the Supreme Court   LEON M. GARCIA, JR. - Member President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines  

For the purpose of investigation, the Committee is hereby granted all the powers of an investigating body under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation, and to obtain compulsory powers to produce documents, books, records and such other matters in the performance of its functions.

The Deputy Executive Secretary shall establish a Secretariat for the technical and staff support of the Committee. For this purpose, he is hereby authorized to detail any personnel from any government office to assist the Committee.

All the departments, bureaus, offices, agencies or instrumentalities including government owned or controlled corporations are hereby directed to extend such assistance and cooperation as the Committee may need in the discharge of its functions.

The Committee shall submit its findings and recommendations to the President of the Philippines.

DONE in the City of Manila this 26th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine


By the President:
(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary