CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JUNE 12, 1988

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1988.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

HONORABLE LUIS T. SANTOS	– Chairman
Secretary of Local Government
HONORABLE GUILLERMO N. CARAGUE	– Vice-Chairman
Secretary of Budget and Management
HONORABLE MANUEL YAN	– Member
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
HONORABLE DANTE BARBOSA	– Member
Undersecretary of Agriculture
HONORABLE TEODORO ENCARNACION	– Member
Undersecretary of Public Works and Highways
HONORABLE MINDA SUTARIA	– Member
Undersecretary of Education, Culture and Sports
HONORABLE RICARDO CASTRO	– Member
Undersecretary of Labor and Employment
HONORABLE LEONARDO QUISUMBING	– Member
Undersecretary of National Defense
HONORABLE JESLI LAPUS	– Member
Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform
HONORABLE WALFRIDO REYES	– Member
Undersecretary of Tourism
HONORABLE MANUEL DOMINGO	– Member
Undersecretary of Transportation and Communications
HONORABLE RAFAEL PEREZ DE TAGLE	– Member
Deputy Press Secretary
HONORABLE JIAMIL DIANALAN	– Member
Executive Director of the Office of Muslim Affairs
HONORABLE MIGUEL PEREZ-RUBIO	– Member
Ambassador and Chief of Presidential Protocol
HONORABLE LETICIA MOISES	– Member
Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
HONORABLE ELFREN CRUZ	– Member
Governor of Metro-Manila
HONORABLE GEMILIANO LOPEZ, JR.	– Member
Mayor of Manila
HONORABLE SERAFIN QUIASON, JR.	– Member
Chairman of the National Historical Institute
HONORABLE JOSEPHINE C. REYES	– Member
President of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for purposes of discharging its functions, it may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office or agency or instrumentality of the government including government-owned or controlled corporation, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

By the President:
(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary