QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 344)
Executive Order No. 344 amends Executive Order No. 318 (dated May 25, 1950) by changing how the Integrity Board is composed.
Executive Order No. 318, dated May 25, 1950, which created the Integrity Board.
The Integrity Board created under Executive Order No. 318.
Dr. Jorge C. Bocobo.
Justice Mariano H. de Joya, Justice Mariano Albert, Judge Pompeyo Diaz, and Mrs. Pilar Hidalgo-Lim.
Mr. Manuel Agudo.
It states that the Integrity Board shall be composed of the specific named individuals in the enumerated roles (Chairman, Members, and Executive Secretary).
It is an amending executive order—explicitly amending the earlier executive order that created the Integrity Board.
It indicates that the President is acting under constitutionally and statutorily granted authority to issue the amendment.
He is included in the composition but assigned a distinct role: “Executive Secretary,” separate from “Chairman” and “Member.”
It shows that the amended board composition includes members from the judiciary (justices and a judge), which may be relevant to questions on institutional design and independence (as reflected in the text).
Done in the City of Manila on September 7, 1950.
Teodoro Evangelista, Executive Secretary.
It provides ceremonial dating information and indicates the year counted from the Independence of the Philippines (fifth year) in addition to the calendar year.
The change is the composition of the Integrity Board—specifically the listed officials and their roles.