Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 300)
The Office of the Solicitor General is constituted as an independent and autonomous office attached to the Department of Justice.
The Office of the Solicitor General is headed by the Solicitor General, the principal law officer and legal defender of the Government.
The Solicitor General has the authority and responsibility for the exercise of the Office's mandate, discharge of its duties and functions, and supervision and control over the Office and its constituent units.
The Solicitor General is appointed by the President and must have the same qualifications for appointment, rank, prerogatives, and privileges as the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals.
The Legal Staff is composed of fifteen (15) Assistant Solicitors General, and such number of Solicitors and Trial Attorneys as necessary to operate the Office, which is divided into fifteen (15) divisions.
The Assistant Solicitors General and the Solicitors are appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Solicitor General.
The Trial Attorneys and administrative personnel are appointed by the Solicitor General.
The President shall designate an Acting Solicitor General to serve in the absence or temporary incapacity of the Solicitor General.
The President shall designate an Acting Solicitor General to act until a new Solicitor General is appointed, or appoint a new Solicitor General.
No, the existing incumbents shall continue to remain in office without need of new appointment.
Funds necessary shall be taken from the appropriations of the Office of the Solicitor General in the current General Appropriations Act.
All laws, orders, issuances, rules, regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are repealed or modified accordingly.
The Executive Order took effect immediately upon its signing on July 26, 1987.