AMENDING PART VI ON ECONOMIC PLANNING AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN, BY RECONSTITUTING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUT…

WHEREAS, there is a need to further strengthen the
primordial function of national development planning by securing the direct
involvement of the highest leadership of the nation in the planning process;

WHEREAS, the present requirements of national development
administration strongly indicate the need for immediate and authoritative
decisions on policies and plans for national development;

WHEREAS, to attain these objectives, it is imperative to
reconstitute the membership of the National Economic Development Authority
(NEDA) in order to include the President of the Philippines as Chairman, and the
Executive Secretary as member, in the top planning body of the nation; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide the Office of the
President with a computer-based information system that will serve as a basic
aid to the Presidency in decision-making;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander-in-Chief
of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No.
1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22,
1972, as amended, in order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the
social, economic and political structure of the country, do hereby order and
decree that modifications of Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization Plan are
hereby adopted and approved, as follows:

1. The National Economic Development Authority shall be composed of eleven
   members, with the President of the Philippines, as Chairman; and the Executive
   Secretary, the Director-General of the Authority, the Secretary of Finance, the
   Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Secretary of Trade and
   Tourism, the Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, the
   Governor of the Central Bank, the Commissioner of the Budget, the Chairman of
   the Board of Investments, and a representative of the private sector who shall
   hold office at the pleasure of the President, as members.
   The President shall
   designate the Vice-Chairman of the Authority who shall serve as such at his
   pleasure, from among the members of the NEDA Board.

2. Decisions of the Authority shall be by consensus with the concurrence of the
   President of the Philippines.

3. The National Computer Center is retained in the Office of the President,
   directly under the Executive Office. The provisions of Article VII, Chapter I,
   Part VI of the Plan pertaining to the Center shall remain applicable, except as
   otherwise modified by the retention of the Center under the Office of the
   President.

4. The Director-General of the Authority shall be authorized, subject to the
   approval of the NEDA Board, to reallocate the functions of and accordingly
   reconstitute, as necessary, the offices and units directly under the NEDA.

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of November, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
		Secretary Executive