WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 708, series of 1981, transferred the National Commission Concerning Disabled Persons from the Office of the President to the Ministry of Social Services and Development.

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1509, as amended, the Commission is the central authority that will direct, coordinate and integrate planning, management and implementation of all activities pertaining to the welfare of the disabled;

WHEREAS, in the performance of its functions, the Commission cuts across the functions of many ministries of the national government;

WHEREAS, the Commission can more effectively pursue its objectives under its charter as a central coordinating body if it remains under the Office of the President;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the Authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 830 and Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended, do hereby order and ordain:

SECTION 1. The National Commission Concerning Disabled Persons shall be returned to the Office of the President.

SECTION 2. All laws, decrees, orders, proclamations, rules, regulations and issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 7th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant