Conformably with the Constitution and pertinent laws, a Board of Generals and Colonels is hereby created to study the revitalization of the AFP and the development of the PHIVIDEC into a multinational and to make appropriate recommendations therefor to the President.

The Board of Generals and Colonels shall be composed of the following:

GENERAL ERNESTO S MATA (Ret)

former SND and CSAFP

GENERAL FABIAN C VER AFP
CSAFP
LT GEN MANUEL F CABAL (Ret)

former CSAFP

LT GEN FIDEL V RAMOS AFP
VCSAFP and Chief of Constabulary/

Director General, INP
Maj. General Prospero Olivas

BGEN MARIANO ORDONEZ (Ret)

President, Association of Generals and
Flag Officers (AGFO)

BGEN REYNALDO MENDOZA (Ret)

former Superintendent, PMA

COMMO SERAPIO C MARTILLANO AFP

The Deputy Chief of Staff, AFP

MGEN JOSEPHUS Q RAMAS AFP

Commanding General, PA

MGEN VICENTE M PICCIO JR AFP

Commanding General, PAF

RADM SIMEON M ALEJANDRO AFP

Flag Officer In-Command, PN

BGEN JOSE MA CARLOS L ZUMEL AFP

Superintendent, PMA

COL EUGENIO A OCAMPO JR PC (GSC)

Commanding Officer, MCMTC

COL CESAR L GO PAF (GSC)

National Defense College of the Philippines

COL ALEXANDER P AGUIRRE PC

ACofS for Operations, C3, PC

COL RODOLFO C BIAZON PN(M) (GSC)

CO, 3rd Marine Brigade

BGEN FELICISIMO R AMANO AFP

Commandant, AFPCGSC

The Board shall act as an advisory body to the Commander-in-Chief on policy matters affecting the organization and management of military resources.

The Board shall be chaired by the most ranking member in the active military service. It shall meet at the call of the Chairman or by at least one half of the members then and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such committees as may be necessary.

The Board is hereby authorized to call upon any Ministry, Bureau, Office, Agency or instrumentality of the government including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in discharging its duties and functions.

The Commandant, AFPCGSC shall establish a Secretariat to provide staff assistance to the Board, making available the research facilities and support services of the AFPCGSC for the purpose.

Upon completion of the study and the submission of final recommendations to the Commander-in-Chief, the Chief of Staff, AFP may retain the counsel of the Board to complement the functions of existing staffs and offices of the AFP. Should the services of the Board be subsequently deemed no longer necessary, the Chairman shall recommend its deactivation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of December in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant