REACTIVATING THE JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURALIZATION TO CONSIDER AND EVALUATE PETITIONS FOR NATURALIZATION OF DESERVING ALIENS AND TO RECOMMEND…

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WHEREAS, Letter of Instructions No. 270, as amended by Letter of
Instructions Nos. 278, 283, 292, and 491 and by Presidential Decrees Nos. 836
and 1379, the Special Committee on Naturalization was granted jurisdiction and
authority to receive, consider, and recommend actions on petitions for
naturalization of deserving aliens;

WHEREAS, the Memorandum of March 27, 1987 issued by then President Corazon
C. Aquino directed the Chairman and Members of the Special Committee on
Naturalization “to cease and desist from undertaking any and all proceedings
within your functional area of responsibility”;

WHEREAS, to date, there are, more or less, 9,000 petitions for
naturalization pending with the Special Committee on Naturalization;

WHEREAS, there is a growing clamor among resident-aliens who desire to
become Filipinos to acquire Philippine citizenship through administrative
proceedings, without going through the tedious and more expensive judicial
process; and

WHEREAS, it becomes necessary to reactivate the Special Committee on
Naturalization in order to address the need to consider and process petitions
for naturalization by the speedier and more practical method of administrative
proceedings;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
VALDEZ RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and
ordain:

Section 1. The Special Committee
on Naturalization is hereby reactivated with jurisdiction and authority to
receive, consider, and evaluate petitions for naturalization of deserving
aliens and, thereafter, to submit recommendation thereon to the President of
the Philippines for its approval or denial, as provided for in Letter of
Instructions No. 270, as amended by Letters of Instructions Nos. 278, 283, 292
and 491 as well as in Presidential Decrees Nos. 836 and 1379.

Section 2. The Solicitor
General, as Chairman of the Special Committee on Naturalization, is hereby
authorized to fix the amount of fees for the application form, the docketing
thereof, the oath-taking, and such other fees necessary for the processing of
said application/petition.

Section 3. The Solicitor
General, as Chairman of the Special Committee on Naturalization, shall likewise
have the authority to fix the honoraria, allowances, and other incidental
expenses of the Chairman, Members, and Secretary of the Committee as well as of
its staff members, which are necessary and appurtenant to the functions and
duties of the Special Committee on Naturalization.

Section 4. All laws, decrees,
executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and regulations,
or part thereof that are in conflict with this Executive Order are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 5. This Executive Order
shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this
3rd day of December, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety
Seven.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Presidential Executive Secretary

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