Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 266)
The primary purpose of Executive Order No. 266 is to amend the last sentence of paragraph 29 of Executive Order No. 18 dated September 16, 1946, specifically regarding the prescription and wearing of uniforms by personnel of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Service of the Republic of the Philippines.
Executive Order No. 266 amends Executive Order No. 18 dated September 16, 1946.
Executive Order No. 18 establishes the organization and operation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and of the Foreign Service of the Republic of the Philippines and fixes the emoluments, privileges, and allowances of its officers and employees.
No, members of the Department of Foreign Affairs or the Foreign Service cannot wear any uniform other than the one to which they are entitled as active or reserve members of the armed or protective forces of the Republic of the Philippines, or those prescribed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs for ceremonial, other occasions, or for department’s security guards, drivers, messengers, janitors, and other personnel.
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs is authorized to prescribe uniforms for ceremonial or other occasions in the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Yes, security guards, drivers, messengers, janitors, and other personnel of the Department of Foreign Affairs may wear uniforms prescribed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
No, EO No. 266 restricts uniforms to those entitled as active or reserve members of the armed or protective forces, or uniforms prescribed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs for specific official or ceremonial purposes.
Executive Order No. 266 was signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos and by the Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor.
It was signed in the City of Manila on October 12, 1970.
Key legal concepts include limitation on uniforms for government personnel, authority delegation to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to prescribe uniforms, and the formal amendment procedure to an existing executive order.