WHEREAS, on September 19, 1975, some 2,000 government officials and employees were ordered dismissed from the service;

WHEREAS, a considerable number of these officials and employees have been found and verified to have been out of the service prior to the date aforestated;

WHEREAS, justice and fairness dictate that the names of these persons be cleared and freed from the effects of the inclusion of their names in the September 19, 1975 list of dismissed official.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order that the names of 133 officials and employees appearing in the attached list be stricken out from the list of officials and employees dismissed on September 19, 1975.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant