By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend Section 3 of Executive Order No. 543 dated 9 July 1979 to read as follows:

Sec. 3. Organization. The center shall be a part of the Office of the President and shall be headed by a Special Assistant for Special Studies, who shall be its Executive Director. THERE SHALL ALSO BE A DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT. Its staff shall initially consist of the faculty, research and administrative and other support staff of the PCAS who are appointed to the center by the Executive Director. The Organization and staffing pattern of the center shall be approved in accordance with pertinent civil service, organization, budget and compensation law and regulations.

This order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-three.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant