MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 48
WHEREAS, the President has the power of control over all executive departments, which power, pursuant to Executive Order No. 292 series of 1987 (Administrative Code), includes the authority to act directly whenever a specific function is entrusted by law or regulation to a subordinate; and,
WHEREAS, the duties of the Executive Secretary under the Administrative Code include the duty to directly assist the President in the management of affairs pertaining to the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and to perform such other functions as the President may direct.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and by law, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, hereby authorize Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. to temporarily perform, in addition to his current functions, the following duties pertaining to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), effective until the appointment of a new Secretary of the Interior and Local Government or the designation of an Acting/OIC Secretary over the same Department, to wit:
Done in the City of Manila, this 23 rd day of August, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twelve.
(SGD..) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) MICHAEL G. AGUINALDO
Deputy Executive
Secretary
for Legal Affairs