Administrative Order No. 182 dated October 31, 1969, is hereby revised -

(a) by amending the fourth paragraph to read as follows:

œNOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a body to be known as the Presidential Coordinating Committee for Social Justice and Agrarian Reforms composed of the following: the Chairman of the National Land Reform Council, as Chairman, and the Undersecretaries of Justice, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Public Works and Communications, and the Presidential Agency on Reforms and Government Operations; the Dean of the U.P. College of Agriculture; the Commissioner of the Small Farmers ™ Commission; the Chairman of the Philippine Press Institute; and three representatives of the Federated Movement for Social Justice and Reforms, as members. In the absence of any of the aforementioned public officials and citizens, a duly authorized representative may attend the meeting on his behalf. The Committee shall choose a Vice-Chairman and such other officers as may be needed. It may also adopt its internal rules of procedure. 

(b) by modifying the sixth paragraph to read as follows:

œThe Committee shall receive all complaints of the farmers, tenants, lessees, small owner-cultivators and agricultural workers belonging to and/or affiliated with the FMSJR group, and it shall forward and follow up such complaints and cases with the proper government offices for immediate appropriate action. Whenever necessary, the Committee may conduct a fact-finding investigation, including the taking of testimony, and may administer oaths and summon witnesses or require the production of documents under a subpoena duces tecum under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code. For this purpose the PARGO may be utilized by the Committee in order to expedite the proceedings. The Committee may recommend the adoption of solutions to the problem brought out by such complaints. 

Done  in the City of Manila, this 13th day of January nineteen hundred and seventy.


By the President:

(Sgd.) ERNESTO M. MACEDA
Executive Secretary