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TO:	All Ministers Minister of the Budget Chairman, Commission on Audit Chairman, Presidential Commission on
		Reorganization
	Regional Directors All concerned
SUBJECT:	Delegation of Authority, for the Disbursement of Funds in the Regions

WHEREAS, it is relevant to further strengthen the administrative  capability of the Regional Offices for effective regional administration pursuant to Letters of Instructions Nos. 448 and 728;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to give adequate authority to the regional offices in the disbursement of funds in order to avoid delays in the prosecution particularly of infrastructure programs; and

WHEREAS, the President has continuing authority to reorganize the government pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1416.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order the following:

SECTION l. Letter of Instructions No, 782 is hereby rescinded.

SEC 2. Regional disbursements shall be governed by such applicable policies, rules and regulations as were obtaining prior to the issuance of LOI 782, including additional policies and guidelines as have subsequently been issued such as letter of Instructions No, 794.

This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately and shall continue to remain in force pending the adoption by the President of a new set of policies and procedures relative to a regional disbursement system.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.