WHEREAS, Diosdado P. Macapagal, former President of the Republic of the Philippines, died unexpectedly on April 21, 1997, to the deep sorrow and anguish of the Filipino people;

WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that adequate arrangements be made for the holding of official necrological services and a state funeral for the former President, commensurate with the people ™s love and respect for him;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee on Funeral Arrangements and Burial, composed of the following:

Hon. Domingo L. Siazon	- Chairman
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Ernesto Maceda or Representative	- Member
Senate
Hon. Jose de Venecia Jr. or Representative	- Member
House of Representatives
Hon. Andres R. Narvasa or Representative	- Member
Supreme Court
Hon. Ruben D. Torres	- Member
Executive Secretary
Hon. Renato de Villa	- Member
Secretary of National Defense
Hon. Manuel M. Lapid	- Member
Pampanga Governor
A Member of the Family	- Member
Others as designated	- Members

The Committee is hereby empowered to create such sub-committees as may be necessary to assist it in the performance of its functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary