By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a special committee to conduct public hearings on the proposed increase of power rates by the National Power Corporation (NPC) composed of the following:

Hon. Cesar Zalamea

Chairman

Hon. Jaime Laya

Member

Hon. Apolinario Orosa

Member

The Presidential Economic Staff shall back-stop the Committee and serve as Secretariat.

The Committee may, in the performance of its functions, request the assistance of any department, bureau, office, as agency or instrumentality of the Government, including government-owned or controlled corporations.

The Committee is hereby vested all the powers of an investigating committee under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses or take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation by subpoena or subpoena duces tecum.

The Committee shall submit its report to the President within one month from the issuance of this Order.

Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.


By the President:
(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Acting Executive Secretary