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[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1769, January 12, 1981 ]

AMENIDNG PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DATED DECEMBER 30, 1973 ADJUSTING THE AUTHORIZED GRADES IN THE COMMAND AND STAFF STRUCTURE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES.

WHEREAS, Section 2 of PD J60 provides that the positions of Commanders of Task forces, Major Units and other key positions of the AFP shall be authorized the grade of Brigadier General/Commodore as the President may direct;

WHEREAS, the Commander of the Southern Command occupies a position of major responsibility equivalent to those of the Commanders of Major Services and the Presidential Security Command and exercises operational jurisdiction over the majority of AFP units operating in Southern Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, Proclamation No. 1104., dated January 17, 1973 and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby decree that:

SECTION 1. of Presidential Decree Numbered Three Hundred Sixty dated December 30, 1973 is hereby amended to read:

"1. The following positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines shall be authorized the grades or their equivalent in the Philippine Navy as herein indicated:

Chief of Staff, AFP
General
(0 - 10)
  
Vice Chief of Staff, AFP
Lt. General
(0-9)
 
Commanders of Major Services, AFP
Major General
(0-8)
 
Commander of Presidential Security
Command, AFP
Major General
(0-8)
  
Commander, Southern Command
Major General
(0-8)
  
The Deputy of Staff, AFP
Major General
(0-8)
 
Deputy Chief of Staff, GHQ
J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7, & J8
Brigadier General
(0-7)
 
The Inspector General, AFP

Brigadier General
(0-7)

 

This decree shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 12th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One.

 

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

   

 

 By the President:  
 

 (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA  
   Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant


Vol. 25, Vital Documents, Presidential Decree 1980-1981

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