WHEREAS, it is important that the delegates
to the Constitutional Convention conduct an information drive on the
proposed new Constitution, which they have approved, in order to afford
our people the opportunity to be more enlightened on its various
features;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is equally important that the Constitutional Convention
wind up its affairs not later than January 31, 1973; and
WHEREAS, for these purposes, it is necessary that the Government extend
all assistance possible to the Constitutional Convention;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, do hereby decree:cralaw:red
1. The Constitutional Convention shall wind up its
affairs not later than January 31, 1973. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. The Constitutional Convention delegates shall
conduct, pursuant to the Executive Memorandum of the Constitutional
Convention President Diosdado Macapagal dated December 2, 1972, an
information campaign on the Constitution throughout the country.
3. The amount of Three Million Four Hundred Thousand
Pesos (P3,400,000) is hereby appropriated for the abovementioned
purposes.
4. The funds reverted to the National Treasury
appropriated under Republic Acts Nos. 6132, 6490 and 6427, intended for
the Constitutional Convention, as well as the unreleased portion of the
funds appropriated under Republic Act No. 6427 and Presidential Decree
No. 14 dated October 5, 1972, are also hereby appropriated for the same
purposes. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
In this connection, the Budget Commission is hereby ordered to release
the aforecited amounts immediately to the Constitutional Convention:
Provided, however, That the funds intended for the information drive of
the Constitutional Convention delegates shall be expended only upon the
approval of the Chairman of the Constitutional Convention Ratification
Coordinating Committee in such a manner as will effectively carry out
the objectives of the information drive as herein stated.
This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the land and shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-two.
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