[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 117, April 14, 1968 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JUNE 12, 1968



Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1968.

The Secretary of Education.................................................

- Chairman

T he Secretary of Labor.....................................................

- Vice-Chairman

The Press Secretary..........................................................

- Member

The Commissioner of the Budget.......................................

- Member

The Commissioner, National Integration Commission..............

- Member

The Undersecretary of Public Works....................................

- Member

The Undersecretary of National Defense...............................

- Member

The Undersecretary of Commerce......................................

- Member

The Deputy Administrator of Economic Coordination...............

- Member

The Mayor of Manila..............................................................

- Member

The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU)...........................

- Member

The President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines.......................

- Member

The President, Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines (GAWP)..

- Member

The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines......................

- Member

The Chairman, National Parks Development Committee......................

- Member

The Presidential Protocol Officer....................................................

- Member-Secretary


The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in discharging its duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary