Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. There is hereby constituted a Special Operations Team composed of Secretary Fiorello R. Estuar as Chairman, and Cabinet Secretary Aniceto Sobrepe a and Undersecretary Ernesto de Castro as Members.

SECTION 2. The Special Operations Team shall prepare for and initiate the implementation of the recommendations of the Bases Council by:

(a)

coordinating all activities related to the implementation of the base conversion plans;

(b)

determining the issues and concerns related to the implementation, and formulating such actions as may be necessary to address the same;

(c)

providing technical advice to the President on matters involving the base conversion plans;

(d)

beginning physical implementation of projects where feasible; and,

(e)

performing such other tasks related to the base conversion plan which the President may assign.

SECTION 3. The Special Operations Team shall continue to perform its functions until such time that a œBases Development Authority  is organized and fully operational.

The Special Operations Team shall submit a periodic report of its activities to the President through the Executive Secretary.

SECTION 4. The Special Operations Team shall be assisted by such staff as may be necessary to be provided as part of the staff of the Office of the President.

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

SECTION 5. The Office of the President shall allocate the funds necessary for the operations of the Committee, chargeable against its appropriations, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

SECTION 6. Administrative Order No. 170, S. of 1990, is hereby deemed superseded.

SECTION 7. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety.


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