Section 2
SEC. 2. Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 388, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SECTION 3. Philippine Sugar Commission—In order to carry out the foregoing policy, there is hereby created the Philippine Sugar Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, to rationalize and revitalize the sugar industry. "The Commission shall be composed of a Chairman and eight (8) Commissioners. The Minister of Trade and Industry, the Minister of Agriculture and Food, and the Governor of the Central Bank shall be ex-officio members of the Commission. The other six Commissioners, who shall be Filipino citizens, shall be the elected representatives of the sugar producers; Provided, however, That four (4) of the six Commissioners shall be elected by the planters and the other two (2) shall be elected by the millers; Provided, further, That the four representatives of the planters shall be elected from among themselves through an election by the various planters associations, and the two representatives of the millers shall likewise be elected from among themselves through an election by the individual milling companies which were operating during the crop year 1983-1984; Provided, finally, That the Chairman of the Commission shall be elected by all the Commissioners from among the six elective Commissioners. "The initial election of the representatives of both planters and millers to the Commission, for a term of two years, shall take place as soon as possible, but in no case later than three (3) months from the date of effectivity of this Decree. Thereafter, the planters and the millers shall elect their representatives once every two (2) years. "Voting for the representatives of the planters and the millers shall be on the basis of one vote for every 1,000 piculs net production share computed in accordance with the official production records of the Philippine Sugar Commission for crop year 1983-1984. The production basis for voting in succeeding elections shall be the production of the crop year immediately preceding such elections. "The Compensation and allowance of the Chairman and Commissioners shall be determined by the Commission, subject to the approval of the President of the Philippines. "The Commission shall meet in regular session at least twice a month. It may be called by the Chairman to a special sessions as the need arises."