QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 471)
It creates a special committee to look into certain certificates of titles of lands in Baguio City that have been declared null and void by the court.
The Solicitor-General is the Chairman.
Mr. Sinai Hamada (representing the landowners) and Mr. Bantas Suanding (representing the Integrated Bar of Baguio City).
The Director of Lands is a member of the committee.
They are represented through appointed members: Mr. Sinai Hamada for the landowners and Mr. Bantas Suanding for the Integrated Bar of Baguio City.
The committee may call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need.
One month.
It submits its recommendation to the President.
Certain certificates of titles of lands in Baguio City have been voided (declared null and void) by the court.
It states the President is exercising powers “vested in me by law.” (The text does not specify the particular law.)
It is limited to certain certificates of titles of lands in Baguio City that the court has declared null and void.
A special committee centralizes the review and recommendations through a multi-sector membership (government legal authority, land administration, landowners, and bar representation) and provides a defined mandate and deadline.
It may call upon any government department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality for the assistance it needs.
A recommendation to the President, submitted within one month.
It assumes that once the court voids certain titles, the executive branch may still create a committee to review those specific certificates and recommend actions to the President.