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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1598
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1598 -
INCREASING THE SALARY OF THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND
FIXING THE SALARY OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
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WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 8 (1), Art. VIII of the Constitution of 1973, the
salary of the Speaker of the National Assembly is P75,000 per annum
unless otherwise provided by law; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the existing salary rate is not realistic in view of the
complexity of the responsibilities and activities of the Legislative
Branch of the Government and in view of the approved salary scale of
Cabinet Ministers;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Deputy Prime Minister has duties and functions that are
more complex and responsible than those of an ordinary Member of the
Cabinet;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order:cralaw:red
Section 1. The salary of the Speaker of the National
Assembly is hereby increased to P85,000 per annum and the salary of
Deputy Prime Minister is hereby fixed at P80,000 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 salaries provided in Section 1 hereof.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
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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