MOP, Bk 10, v.5, pt.2, 376

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 446, March 06, 1980 ]

CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 38th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR



WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestones in our nationhood;

WHEREAS, it is doomed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress upon our people as well as the rest of the world of the valor and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the epic struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national development and aspirations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and device ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Deputy Minister for Civilian Relations
Ministry of National Defense

Chairman

The Deputy Minister of Tourism
Minister of Tourism

Co-Chairman

The Deputy Chief of Staff
Armed Forces of the Philippines

Vice-Chairman

The Administrator
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office

 –

 Member

The General Manager
Philippine Tourism Authority

Member

The Commanding General
Philippine Amy

Member

The Flag-Officer-In-Command
Philippine Navy

Member

The Executive Vice-President
Veterans Federation of the Philippines

Member

The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs
Ministry of National Defense

Member

The Chairman
National Historical Institute

Member

The Director
National Media Production Center

Member

The Assistant Minister for Operations
Ministry of Public Works

Member

The Chief, Civil Relations Service, AFP

Member

The National Commander
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor

Member

The Acting Chief
Military Shrines Service, PVAO

Member/Secretary

The Committee may request any ministry, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need, and to create such committee, sub-committee or staffs as may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant


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