WHEREAS, the new period of sixty (60) days granted to all government departments, agencies and offices undergoing reorganization within which to prescribe and approve their new position structure and staffing pattern is deemed insufficient for the purpose;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 177 dated May 28, 1987 is hereby amended as follows:

"SECTION 1. All government departments, agencies and offices undergoing reorganization are hereby granted a new period of one hundred twenty (120) days from the expiry of the period stated in their respective reorganization Executive Orders, within which to prescribe and approve their new position structure and staffing pattern."

SEC. 2. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.


By the President:

(Sgd) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary