MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 251

DIRECTING THAT NOT MORE THAN TEN CENTAVOS BE CHARGED ANY PRIVATE CITIZEN FOR THE TRANSMITTAL OF COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ACTION COMMITTEE ON LAND PROBLEMS (PACLAP) THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BY MEANS OF WIRE OR TELEGRAPHIC SERVICES

WHEREAS, to underscore the commitment of the government to the task of providing immediate and meaningful solutions to land problems, the Presidential Action Committee on Land Problems (PACLAP) has been created under Executive Order No. 251, dated July 31, 1970;

WHEREAS, it is recognized that for the PACLAP to be able to accomplish its purposes, easy and inexpensive access to it should be afforded those who may have problems, complaints or grievances to bring to its attention;

WHEREAS, the PACLAP is directly responsible to the President in the discharge of its functions as defined under Executive Order No. 251.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby direct that the Bureau of Telecommunications make available its facilities to private citizens by transmitting their complaints and grievances to the Presidential Action Committee on Land Problems (PACLAP) or any of its committees or action offices, by means of wire or other telegraphic services, at the minimal cost of ten centavos.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary

Source: Malacañang Records Office

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1970). [Administrative Order Nos. : 200 – 263]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.