A Committee is hereby created to review and determine the status of persons arrested and/or detained by virtue of the Presidential Commitment Order (PCO) or its derivatives for the purpose of recommending to the President whether said PCO ™s should be lifted and/or a case be filed in court and/or to expedite the hearing of the cases pending in court.
The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Minister of National Defense, as Chairman;
The Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, as Vice-Chairman;
The Chief of the Philippine Constabulary, as Member; and
The Chief of Intelligence Security, AFP, as Member.

The Presidential Executive Assistant shall establish a Secretariat and shall be authorized to detail any personnel from any government office to assist the Committee and/or its sub-committee/s for the duration of the completion of the purposes of this Administrative Order.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-three.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant