Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a national committee to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1982.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Minister of Education and Culture

Chairman

The Minister of the Budget

Vice-Chairman

The Presidential Assistant on National Minorities

Member

The Director-General of Media Affairs

Member

The Deputy Minister of Public Works & Highways

Member

The Deputy Minister of Labor and Employment

Member

The Deputy Minister of National Defense

Member

The Deputy Minister of Local Government

Member

The Deputy Minister of Tourism

Member

The Deputy Minister of Human Settlements

Member

The Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications

Member

The Deputy Minister of Muslim Affairs

Member

The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Development

Member

The Vice-Governor of the Metro Manila Commission

Member

The Mayor of Manila

Member

The Chairman of the National Historical Institute

Member

The Executive Director of the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women

Member

The President of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities

Member

The President of the Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines

Member

The Presidential Protocol Officer

Member-Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create its sub-committees as may be necessary.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant