Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission.
Section 1
SECTION 1. Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission. — To carry out the purposes of this Decree, a Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission is hereby created. The Commission shall be a body corporate and politic and shall be composed of the Secretary of National Defense, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Administrator of the Philippine Veterans Administration, the President of the Philippine Veterans Bank and three appointive members, who shall represent the veterans group, to be appointed by the President. The President shall designate the Chairman of the Commission. The term of the appointive members shall be for three years: Provided, That the terms of the first three appointive members shall be one, two and three years, respectively. All vacancies, except through the expiration of the term, shall be filled for the unexpired term only. The appointive members of the Commission shall receive seventy five pesos per diem for each meeting actually attended by them: Provided, That no compensation shall be paid for more than one meeting a week. The Commission shall have under its general supervision an Administrator who shall serve as the chief executive officer immediately responsible for carrying out the program and the policies of the Commission. The Administrator shall be a veteran who has had previous experience in technical and administrative fields related to the purposes of this Decree. He shall be appointed by the President and shall receive a salary to be fixed by the Commission with the approval of the President. The Commission, upon the recommendation of the Administrator, shall appoint all such other officers and personnel as may be deemed necessary, fix their compensation; prescribe their duties and establish such methods and procedures as may insure the efficient, honest and economical administration of the provisions and purposes of this Decree: Provided, however, That the officers and personnel of the Commission shall, as far as possible, be qualified veterans and/or their dependents.