MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 226, April 21, 1970 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATIONS OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JUNE 12, 1970

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a national committee to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1970.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education Chairman
The Secretary of Labor Vice-Chairman
The Commissioner of the Budget Member
The Press Secretary Member
The Commissioner of the National Integration Commission Member
The Undersecretary of Public Works Member
The Undersecretary of National Defense Member
The Undersecretary of Commerce Member
The Assistant Executive Secretary (Local Governments) Member
The Deputy Administration of Economic Coordination Member
The Mayor of Manila Member
The Chairman, National Historical Commission Member
The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Member
The President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines Member
The President, Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines (CAWP) Member
The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Member
Representative from Youth Group Member
The Presidential Protocol Officer Member-Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.1âшphi1

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

By the President:

(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Acting Executive Secretary


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