Executive Order No. 219 (1970)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 219, March 21, 1970 ]

ABOLISHING CERTAIN COMMISSIONS, COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES

WHEREAS, several commissions, councils and committees created by executive and administrative orders of the President of the Philippines have been found to have either accomplished the purposes and objectives for which they have been created or are merely duplicating the functions of other agencies or entities of the Government.

WHEREAS, the agencies or entities whose functions embrace the functions and activities of said commissions, councils and committees could adequately perform the said functions and activities; and

WHEREAS, it is the policy of this Administration to streamline and simplify the operations of government agencies and avoid as much as possible the duplication of efforts, functions and activities.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby abolish the following entities and revoke the executive or administrative orders creating them:

Entity | Created by 1. Investment Assistance Commission | Executive Order No. 43, s. 1954 2. Loans and Investment Council | Executive Order No. 36, s. 1963 as amended 3. Special Committee on the Creation of New Agencies or Offices and New Positions | Executive Order No. 108, s. 1967 4. Peace and Order Council | Executive Order No. 29, s. 1966 as amended 5. Peace and Order Commission | Executive Order No. 143, s. 1968 6. Anti-Smuggling Fund Committee | Executive Order No. 12, s. 1966 7. Presidential Anti-Crime Coordinating Office | 8. Historical Documents Committee | Executive Order No. 164, s. 1969 9. Committee on Arson | Executive Order No. 139, s. 1968 10. National Committee on Disaster Operations | Administrative Order No. 151, s. 1968 11. Presidential Rice and Corn Committee | Executive Order No. 6, s. 1962 12. National Coordinating Committee on Reforestation and Tree-Planting | Executive Order No. 154, s. 1968 13. Committee on Consumers' | Administrative Order No. 232, Cooperative Association s. 1957 14. Presidential Committee for the Rehabilitation of Released Prisoners | Executive Order No. 55, s. 1966 15. Training Coordination Council | Administrative Order No. 121, s. 1966 16. Committee in Philippine Petroleum Exploration Industry | Executive Order No. 152, s. 1965 17. Coconut Development Committee | Executive Order No. 169, s. 1965 18. Committee on Landed Estates | Administrative Order No. 102, s. 1955 as amended 19. Dynamite Fishing Committee | Executive Order No. 40, s. 1954 20. Presidential Committee in Trade Agreements | Executive Order No. 107, s. 1955 21. Committee on Facilitation of International Air Transport in the Philippines | Executive Order No. 106, s. 1955 22. Flood Control Commission | Executive Order No. 68, s. 1936 as amended 23. Civil Aviation Policy Committee | Administrative Order No. 84, s. 1964 as amended 24. Special Committee on Information and Educational Radio Program | Administrative Order No. 279, s. 1958 25. Mt. Data National Park Reservation Executive Committee | Executive Order No. 37, s. 1966 26. Youth and Student Affairs Board | Executive Order No. 169, s. 1969 27. Special Committee on Baguio Squatter Problem | Executive Order No. 75, s. 1967 28. Philippine Panel to the RP-US Joint Veterans Commission | Administrative Order No. 125, s. 1966 as amended 29. Asian Good Neighbor Relations Commission | Executive Order No. 70, s. 1954 as amended 30. Committee on Documentary Films | Administrative Order No. 333, s. 1960

The functions of the Peace and Order Commission, the Anti-Smuggling Fund Committee and Presidential Committee on Rehabilitation of Released Prisoners are hereby transferred to the Peace and Order Coordinating Council, those of the Historical Documents Committee to the Department of Education, and those of the National Coordinating Committee on Reforestation and Tree-Planting to the Reforestation Administration.

The funds, equipment, property, and records of the Peace and Order Council and the Presidential Anti-Crime Coordinating Office are hereby transferred to the Peace and Order Coordinating Council.

All executive orders, administrative orders, and rules and regulations inconsistent with this Order are hereby revoked.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Acting Executive Secretary