WHEREAS,
the need for an institution to provide for continuing and intensive
studies of the diversified problems relative to national defense and
security has long been felt in the Department of National Defense;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the government is strongly committed to the proposition that
the defense of the State is the prime duty of every citizen such that
the preparation, mobilization and execution of plans which involve the
financial, industrial, economic, social and moral forces and resources
of the nation are responsibilities which should be borne not only by
the Department of National Defense but also by the other branches of
the Government as well as the private sector;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to effectively implement these plans, there is an
urgent need for a highly reputable educational and doctrinal center to
turn out needed qualified military leaders and civilian executives; and
WHEREAS, there were pending before Congress prior to the promulgation
of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, House Bill No. 1447
entitled "AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE COLLEGE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FOR AN ACADEMIC BOARD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
and Senate Bill No. 597 entitled "AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
COLLEGE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES";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 the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby
order and decree that the above mentioned bills denominated as House
No. 1447 and Senate No. 597, which are integrated and modified
hereunder and made a part hereof, shall henceforth be part of the law
of the land; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. There shall be established in the Armed
Forces of the Philippines an educational institution to be known as the
"NATIONAL DEFENSE COLLEGE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Section 2. The College shall be specifically
designated and geared to prepare and train potential national defense
leaders and civilian officers of the different branches of the
Government for key positions.
Section 3. The National Defense College of the
Philippines as herein established shall be organized and administered
by the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, under the
general supervision and control of the Secretary of National Defense.
It shall be administered through the President of the College with the
assistance of an Academic Board to be composed of the Executive Vice
President and the Heads of the College departments, and shall have the
power, to confer the degree of Master in National Security
Administration (MNSA) upon all its students who will satisfactorily
complete the prescribed course of studies: Provided, however, that
students who completed the regular course of the college prior to the
approval of this Decree are hereby declared eligible to the privileges
conferred hereof. The Executive Vice-President shall be ex-officio head
of the Academic Department.
Section 4. The Academic Board shall assist the
President of the College in the discharge of the following functions:cralaw:red
(a) To supervise the academic affairs of the college;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) To recommend academic consultants, lectures,
professors, and instructors of the College; and chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) To recommend the course of study which shall
include, but not necessarily limited to, all facets and elements of
national power.
Section 5. The professors, instructors, lecturers,
and consultants of the College shall, as much as possible, be drawn
from the military and civilian branches of the National Government and
governmental educational institutions. All academic consultants,
professors, instructors or lecturers, whether civilian or military
personnel, in addition to their salaries, shall be entitled to receive
honorarium or fees as fixed by the Secretary of National Defense.
Section 6. (a) Upon request of the Presidential of
the College, the various Heads of Departments, offices or agencies of
the National Government are hereby authorized to detail officers and
employees for duty in the college.
(b) The President of the College shall, within thirty
(30) days from the opening of each class of the College, circularize
student quota spaces to the different Heads of Department, offices, and
agencies of the National Defense. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) Allowances of military and civilian personnel
detailed with the College for duty therein, as well as those of
students of the College, shall be fixed by the Secretary of National
Defense.
Section 7. Graduates of the College will receive, for
purposes of promotion to key and sensitive positions in the military
and civilians offices, preferential considerations and/or credit points
in the grade or class of their respective positions.
Civilian graduates of the NP who are in the Reserve Force or who may be
commissioned in the active service shall be promoted to or receive the
initial rank of Lt. Colonel as the case may be. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Authority to use with honor the abbreviations MNSA after their names
shall be given to all graduates of this College.
Section 8. The Secretary of National Defense is
hereby empowered to promulgate of this Decree which are now
appropriated for the National Defense College of the Philippines shall
continue to be carried in the annual General Appropriations Act.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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