CREATING THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS

WHEREAS, there is a need to strengthen staff support for the
President which would enable him to perform his task as chief executive
of the government more effectivity;

WHEREAS, it would be desirable to provide the President with
an efficient system of staff assistance along clearly distinct
functional areas of government; and

WHEREAS, to achieve this, it would be necessary to effect
changes in the administrative system for providing staff support to the
President.

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

1. The positions of Executive Secretary, Deputy Executive
   Secretary, and Assistant Executive Secretary in the office of the
   President are abolished.
2. There are hereby created such number of positions of
   Presidential Assistants as may be necessary, including the following:

1. Presidential Assistant for Legal Affairs who shall be
   responsible for providing staff assistance to the President on legal
   matters;
2. Presidential Assistant for Economic and Development Affairs
   who shall be responsible for providing staff assistance to the President
   on economic and development matters;
3. Presidential Assistant for Financial and Monetary Affairs who
   shall be responsible for providing staff assistance to the President on
   financial and monetary matters; and
4. Presidential Assistant for Budget and Fiscal Affairs who
   shall be responsible for providing staff assistance to the President on
   budgetary and fiscal matters; and
5. Presidential Assistant for General Government who shall be
   responsible for providing staff assistance to the President on general
   government matters.

3. The Presidential Assistants shall report and be responsible
   directly to the President.
4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of November, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.