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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 79 - CONSTITUTING A MULTISECTORAL CONSULTATIVE TASK FORCE

WHEREAS, Sec. 23, Article II of the Constitution provides that "The State shall encourage non-governmental, Community based, or sectoral organizations that promote the welfare of the nation";

WHEREAS, Sec. 16, Article XIII of the Constitution provides that "The State shall respect the role of independent people's organization to enable the people to pursue and protect within the democratic framework, their legitimate and collective interests and aspirations through peaceful and lawful means";

WHEREAS, Sec. 17, Article XIII of the Constitution provides that "The right of the people and their organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels of social, political, and economic decision-making shall not be abridged. The State shall, by law, facilitate the establishment of adequate consultation mechanisms";

WHEREAS, it was agreed during the Legislative-Executive Economic Summit at the Manila Hotel held on 20 August 1993, and the Pre-Summit at Malacañang held last 2 September 1993 that consultative mechanism between government and the basic sector be institutionalized;

WHEREAS, government recognizes the right of the basic sectors to be consulted and to participate in decision-making on matters concerning and affecting their sectors;

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

Section 1. Composition. — There is hereby constituted a Multisectoral Consultative Task Force, hereinafter referred to as the Task Force, hereinafter referred to as the Task Force, to oversee the conduct of a consultative forum on matters discussed and agreed upon during the People's Economic Summit. The Task Force shall be composed of the Executive Secretary as Chairman and the following members:

Secretary of Trade and Industry
Secretary of Labor and Employment
Secretary of Finance
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agrarian Reform
Secretary of Justice
Secretary of Budget and Management
Director General, National Economic Development Authority
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
One (1) representative from the Business Sector
One (1) representative from the Labor Sector
One (1) representative each from the following basic sectors:

a. Youth and Student;
b. Farmers and Fisherfolks;
c. Women;
d. Elderly and Veterans;
e. Urban Poor;
f. Indigenous Cultural Communities;
g. Disabled; and
h. Other sectors as may later be determined by the Task Force.