AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1843, AS AMENDED, BY HOLDING IN ABEYANCE THE ABOLITION OP THE TWO LUPONG TAGAPAG-PAGANAP NG POOK IN REGION IX AND XII.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1844
• Sections: 3

Preamble

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1843, the two

existing Lupon Tagapagpaganap ng Pook or Executive Councils m Region IX and XII

had been abolished upon the expiration of the terms of their present members on

May 7, 1982 and the two Lupons are merged into one with set of office in

Zamboanga City;

WHEREAS, the merging of the two councils will not become

operational until it shall have been approved by the people operational until it

shall have been approved by the people of the said two regions in plebiscite to

be held on May 18, 1928;

WHEREAS, to prevent a hiatus in the administration of

Regions IX and XII, there is a need to hold in abeyance the abolition of the two

existing councils.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

order:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Any provision of law, decree or order to the

contrary notwithstanding, the existing Lupong Tagapag-paganap ng Pook in Regions

IX and XII shall continue to function until such time as the new Lupong

Tagapag-paganap ng Pook created under Sec. I of P.D. 1843, as amended, shall

have been fully constitute and operational.

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of April in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and eighty-two.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Executive

Assistant