MALACANAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 17
AMENDING SECTION 3 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 82,
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE LEGACY OF THE EDSA PEOPLE POWER
REVOLUTION BY CREATING AN EDSA PEOPLE POWER
COMMISSION TO PERPETUATE AND PROPAGATE THE SPIRIT OF
EDSA
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 82 (s. 1999) created the EDSA People
Power Commission to institutionalize the legacy of the EDSA People Power
Revolution, rooted in the same spirit that brought our people to freedom a
century ago, through a dedicated organization established specifically to institute
appropriate means, activities and concerted action that will serve to enshrine
EDSA People Power as a continuing and permanent source of inspiration for
future generations;
WHEREAS, there is need to rationalize the composition of the EDSA
People Power Commission to facilitate a more efficient and streamlined
preparation and organization of events and activities related to the propogation of
the spirit of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution;
WHEREAS, the Administrative Code of 1987 empowers the President
with the continuing authority to reorganize the Office of the President;
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, BENIGNO S. AQUINO Ill, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order
SECTION 1. Section 3 of Executive Order 82 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
“Section 3. Composition. The Commission shati be composed of the
Executive Secretary as Chairperson, a private sector representative as
Vice Chairperson, and five (5) members.
The Vice Chairperson and the members shall be appointed by the
President, upon recommendation of the Chairperson."
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PNOYOO1151SECTION 2. All issuances orders, rules, regulations and issuances, or
parts hereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon
publication in a newspaper of general circulation
DONE in the City of Manila, thisz2eh day of December in the
year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten.
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PAQUITO N/OCHOA, JR
Execuve Secretary
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