WHEREAS, there is a need to motivate foresters and legal officers of the Ministry of Natural Resources in the discharge of their duties;

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

SECTION 1. The basic salary of all forestry positions in the Ministry of Natural Resources and its bureaus and attached agencies requiring the minimum qualification of a degree in forestry, shall be upgraded by four (4) steps in the government salary scale or approximately equivalent to twenty (20) percent.

SECTION 2. The basic salary of all legal officers of the Ministry of Natural Resources shall be upgraded or adjusted to the same salary scale granted to legal officers of the Ministries of Agrarian Reform, Justice, and Labor and Employment under Executive Order No. 1059 pursuant to the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1726.

SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the salary adjustments in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, positions in the Career Executive Service and their equivalents shall continue to be paid in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Career Executive Service and are not to be exceeded or equaled by subordinates.

SEC. 4. Adjustments of salary shall be subject to the condition that no subordinate shall be paid higher than the immediate supervisor.

SECTION 5. Funds needed to implement this Order for both National and Local Government employees, shall be taken from the Salary Adjustment Fund and from such other appropriation as the Ministry of Budget and Management may determines.

SECTION 6. The Ministry of Budget and Management shall issue the implementing circular to carry out this Executive Order.

DONE in the City of Manila this 26th of November, in the Year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary