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[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1416, June 09, 1978 ]
GRANTING CONTINUING AUTHORITY TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REORGANIZE THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
WHEREAS, there is a need to periodicially review the organizational structure in order that needed administrative reforms can be expeditiously effected to attain an efficient government machinery;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to effect economy and promote efficiency in the government;
WHEREAS, the transition towards the parliamentary form of government will necessitate flexibility in the organization of the national government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following:
- The President of the Philippines shall have continuing authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the National Government.
- For this purpose, the President may, at his discretion, take the following
actions:
- Group, coordinate, consolidate or integrate departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, instrumentalities and functions of the government;
- Abolish departments, offices, agencies or functions which may not be necessary, or create those which are necessary, for the efficient conduct of government functions services and activities;
- Transfer functions, appropriations, equipment, properties, records and personnel from one department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality to another;
- Create, classify, combine, split, and abolish positions; and
- Standardize salaries, materials and equipment.
Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of June in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President: (Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE Presidential Executive Assistant