PRESCRIBING ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS TO THE NATIONAL UNIFICATION COMMISSION

WHEREAS, both Houses of Congress have adopted Concurrent Resolution No. 5 (March 1993) concurring with Proclamation No. 10 (27 July 1992) as amended by Proclamation No. 10-A (28 July 1992) granting amnesty to those who have applied for amnesty under Executive Order No. 350 (1989) and whose applications have already been processed and are ready for final action as of 28 July 1992 and to those who applied up to 31 December 1992;

WHEREAS, under Executive Order No. 19 dated 1 September 1992, a National Unification Commission was constituted and tasked to formulate and recommend a viable general amnesty plan to the President;

WHEREAS, there is a need to undertake measures to monitor the implementation of the said grant of amnesty;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order that:

Section 1. The National Unification Commission shall exercise the following additional functions: Undertake a physical inventory of the more than 4,000 applicants whose applications for amnesty, filed not later than 31 December 1992, have already been processed or are undergoing processing; Determine the crimes for which the applicant voluntari y sought amnesty; and Recommend to the President of the Philippines the qualified applicants to be granted amnesty.

Section 2. The National Unification Commission may create a Technical Committee to assist it in the performance of the foregoing functions.

Section 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 12th day of April in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

By the President:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel