AUTHORIZING THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL COMMISSION TO UNDERTAKE FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES TO FINANCE ITS VARIOUS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12…

WHEREAS, under Executive Order No. 128, series of 1993, the National
Centennial Commission (COMMISSION) has been tasked “to take charge of the
nationwide preparations for the National Celebration of the Philippine
Centennial of the Declaration of Philippine Independence and the Inauguration
of the Malolos Congress;”

WHEREAS, among the priority projects lined up by the COMMISSION in
connection with the centennial celebrations of the Proclamation of Philippine
Independence in 1998 and the Inauguration of the Malolos Congress in 1999, are
the following:

“1. restoration of major
national shrines like the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite; the Barasoain
Church in Malolos, Bulacan; the Rizal Shrines in Calamba, Laguna and Dapitan;
the Mabini Shrines in Tanauan, Batangas, and Pandacan, Manila; and other
historical sites and landmarks;

“2. holding of an international
exposition at Clark Field with all nations that have touched our history
participating;

“3. an international conference
to be attended and participated in by eminent local and international
historians and scholars on Rizal and the events that led to the Revolution;

“4. construction of a national
monument to serve as a national landmark which will house the National Library
and the National Museum to be known as the ‘Heritage Center’;

“5. a Freedom Heritage Trail to
mark the path blazed by the leaders of the Revolution from Kawit, Cavite to
Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan; and

“6. a bio-film on Dr. Jose Rizal
of high international quality and impact to be produced and shown in 1996 on
the occasion of the centennial of Rizal’s martyrdom.”

WHEREAS, the funds appropriated yearly by Congress for the maintenance and
operation of the COMMISSION are not sufficient to enable the COMMISSION to implement
the above projects and the other plans and programs of the COMMISSION for the
centennial celebrations;

WHEREAS, to enable the COMMISSION to finance its various plans, programs and
activities, it is necessary to authorize it to solicit donations, contributions
and other forms of financial assistance from the government and private sectors
and to engage in other fund-raising activities;

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

SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 128, series of 1993, is hereby amended by
inserting a new Section between Sections 2 and 3 thereof, to be known as
Section 2-A, and which shall read as follows:

“SEC. 2-A. The
Commission is hereby empowered and authorized to call upon any government
agency or instrumentality, including government-owned and/or controlled
corporations and their subsidiaries and non-governmental or private
organizations or institutions and individuals, for financial and other forms of
assistance, such as, but not limited to, donations, contributions and the like,
and to engage in other fund-raising activities that will generate the resources
needed in the implementation of its various programs and projects.

Any and all moneys received by
the Commission as contributions, donations, and other forms of financial
assistance as well as the income that it may derive from its fund-raising
activities as herein authorized shall be retained by the Commission and shall
partake of a trust fund to be deposited in its account with a government
depository bank of its choice. These moneys/funds shall be spent by the
Commission solely for the implementation of its approved plans, programs,
projects and activities in the pursuit of its purposes and objectives.

The management, utilization and
disposition of funds derived by the Commission from the sources herein
identified shall be the exclusive prerogative and responsibility of the
Commission, subject to usual accounting and auditing laws, rules and
regulations.”

SEC. 2. This Executive Order takes effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this
27th day of March in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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