WHEREAS,
the new Constitution took effect on January 17, 1973, following its
ratification by the Filipino people;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, thereunder, the Commission on Elections shall be composed of a
Chairman and eight Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, it is provided in Article XII-A, Section 2, that "Unless
otherwise provided by law, the Chairman and each Commissioner shall
receive an annual salary of sixty thousand pesos and fifty thousand
pesos, respectively";chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order
No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree as
follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any
fund in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated so much as may
be necessary to implement Article XII-A, Section 2, of the Constitution
up to the end of the current fiscal year. Thereafter, the necessary
appropriations therefor shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. The payment of the salaries as provided
for under Article XII-A, Section 2, of the Constitution shall be
effective from assumption of office.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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