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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 644
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 644 -
REPEALING THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACTS NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED
NINETY-SEVEN, THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE, THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED
NINETY-SIX AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 578 ADJUSTING THE PENSIONS OF
RETIRED JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF
APPEALS, THE AUDITOR GENERAL, CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, AND OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPECTIVELY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RATES
OF SALARIES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTERPARTS WHO ARE STILL IN THE
SERVICE
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WHEREAS,
under Section 3-A of Republic Act No. 1797 amending Republic Act No.
910, Section 2-A of Republic Act No. 3595 amending Republic Act No.
1568, Republic Act No. 3796 amending Republic Act No. 340, as amended,
and Presidential Decree 578, rates of pensions of retired Justices of
the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Auditor General, Chairman and
Commissioners of the Commission on Elections, and officers and enlisted
men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, respectively, are
authorized to be adjusted to the prevailing rates of salaries actually
being received by the respective counterparts of those retirees; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the present Constitution has doubled or nearly doubled the
former rates of salaries of certain Constitutional officials and has
likewise provided for the salary standardization of non-constitutional
officials and employees in the government offices, including those in
government-owned or controlled corporations so as to strike a happy
balance between the salaries of constitutional officials and
non-constitutional officials and correspondingly make more equitable
and fair the pay of those in the lower rank in line with the
constitutional ideal to "bridge the gap between the rich and the
poor;" chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the laws above-stated which authorize the rates of pensions to
vary with the changes of rates of pensions to vary with the changes of
rates of salaries of those still in the service are (1) per se class
legislation setting apart for distinct privilege a limited select group
of officials; (2) fraught with budgetary implications for the reason
that the government has to appropriate from time to time the
corresponding increase in the rates of pensions of the retirees
concerned; and (3) inequitable and unfair to have those still sweating
it out in the active service and those already in restful retirement
receiving the same compensation from the public treasury;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the
Constitution, do hereby order and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The provisions of Republic Act No. 1791 amending Republic Act No. 910,
Republic Act No. 3595 amending Republic Act No. 1568, Republic Act No.
3796 amending Republic Act No. 340, as amended, and Presidential Decree
578 authorizing the rates of pensions of retired Justices of the
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Auditor General, Chairman and
Commissioners of the Commission on Elections, and officers and enlisted
men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, respectively, to be
adjusted to the prevailing rates of salaries actually being received by
those still in the service, are hereby repealed, the repeal to retroact
as of the ratification of the Constitution on January 17, 1973 and
effective immediately with respect to Presidential Decree No. 578.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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