Administrative Order No. 96 — Creating a Committee to Study Election Laws and Registration Procedures in Order to Prevent the Repetition of the Confusion in the Registration of Voters and Voting Attending the Just Completed 1967 Elections, Which Has Resulted in the Disenfranchisement of a Sizable Percentage of the Electorate, I, Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Philippines, by Virtue of the Powers Vested in Me by Law and the Constitution, Do Hereby Create a Committee to Make a Thorough Study of Existing Laws, Rules and Regulations Relative to Elections and Registrations and Voting Procedures with a View to Finding and Pinpointing the Defects Therein and Recommending Remedial Measures Thereto. the Committee Shall Be Composed of the Following: Justice Ricardo Paras Chairman Justice Roberto Regala

MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 96

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO STUDY ELECTION LAWS AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

In order to prevent the repetition of the confusion in the registration of voters and voting attending the just completed 1967 elections, which has resulted in the disenfranchisement of a sizable percentage of the electorate, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law and the constitution, do hereby create a Committee to make a thorough study of existing laws, rules and regulations relative to elections and registrations and voting procedures with a view to finding and pinpointing the defects therein and recommending remedial measures thereto. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Justice Ricardo Paras

Chairman

Justice Roberto Regala

Member

Prof. Gaudencio Garcia

Member

Com. Jose Carag

Member

Com. Sixto Brillantes

Member

Com. Genaro Visarra

Member

Com. Gregorio Santayana

Member

The Committee shall also study and recommend whether the present registry of voters could be used in the 1969 elections without the attendant confusion.

The Committee may request the assistance of any Department, Bureau, office or agency of the government in the discharge of its functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1967). [Administrative Order Nos. : 1 - 199]. Manila: Malacañang Records Office.

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[PDF] Administrative Order No. 96, November 23, 1967