QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 748)
It amends Section 8 of Executive Order No. 708 dated July 27, 1981.
Section 8.
It states that the enumerated entities shall continue to be directly under the President.
The powers vested in the President by the law, as expressly stated in the preamble of the order.
(1) National Intelligence and Security Authority; (2) Office of the Presidential Assistant on National Minorities; (3) President’s Center for Special Studies; (4) Presidential Commission on Reorganization; (5) Development Coordinating Council for Leyte and Samar (DCCLS).
It confirms that they shall continue to be directly under the President.
Executive Order No. 748 (dated Nov. 19, 1981) amends Executive Order No. 708 (dated July 27, 1981).
It signifies that Section 8 is to be replaced with the new wording provided in Executive Order No. 748.
They are maintained under presidential control/oversight without being transferred away from direct presidential administration.
It shows the President’s signature and the attestation/verification by the authorized officer (Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant), supporting that it was formally issued.
Joaquin T. Venus, Jr., Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant.
It indicates a targeted change: only the specified provision’s text and legal effect are altered, while the rest of EO No. 708 remains unchanged.
EO No. 748 amends Section 8 of EO No. 708 to reaffirm that specified entities remain directly under the President.
Administrative/organizational classification—specifying which bodies fall under direct presidential supervision as a matter of law.
They should locate and review the text of EO No. 708 dated July 27, 1981, specifically Section 8, and then compare it with the amended wording provided by EO No. 748.