Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby, without prejudice to inquiries that may be made by both the legislature and the executive department, create a Commission composed of the following to look into the circumstances surrounding the death and wounding of some student demonstrators on May 1, 1971:

One retired Justice of the Supreme Court, as Chairman;

One outstanding law practitioner; one representative of the media; one representative of the student demonstrators; one representative of civic organizations; the City Fiscal of Manila; and one representative of veterans, as Members.

The Commission shall have the usual powers vested in investigative bodies, including the power to call witnesses and issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and shall submit such recommendations as it may deem wise.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.


By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary