WHEREAS,
the New Constitution mandates the standardization of compensation of
government officials taking into account the nature of the
responsibilities pertaining to, and the qualifications required for,
the positions concerned; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in line with the provisions of the Constitution, the policy of
the government, within the limitation of available funds, has been to
update compensation schemes of officials and employees so as to
maximize efficiency and to enable them to cope with increasing costs of
living;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the present salaries of the present Chairmen of the Civil
Service Commission, Commission on Elections, and the Commission on
Audit at P60,000, P62,400 and P60,000 per annum, respectively, has
become obsolete and unrealistic considering the activities and
responsibilities of these Constitutional Commissions have increased in
volume and significance, in consonance with the increasing complexity
of the activities of the government as a whole.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. The salaries of the Chairmen of the Civil
Service Commission, Commission on Elections and the Commission on Audit
are hereby fixed at P75,000 per annum, and the Commissioners of said
Constitutional Commissions at P60,000 each per annum.
Section 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any
funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as
may be necessary to pay the salary increases provided for in Section 1
hereof. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect on June 11,
1978.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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