QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 808)
It refers to the 1987 Constitution’s provisions on the State’s patronage and support of arts and letters (commonly cited under Article XIV, Section 14).
It was established under Proclamation No. 1001 (s. 1972).
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) jointly administer it; the CCP and NCCA act as the Order Secretariat by virtue of Proclamation No. 1144 (s. 1973) and Republic Act No. 7356 (which created the NCCA).
The CCP, together with the NCCA, acts as the Order of National Artists Award Secretariat and is among the recommending bodies named in the proclamation.
The President declares the person as National Artist, exercising powers vested in him by the Constitution and existing laws, as stated in the “WHEREAS” and “NOW, THEREFORE” clauses.
It states that the President acts “upon the joint recommendation of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.”
The proclamation expressly declares Francisco V. Coching (posthumous) as National Artist, showing that the award may be granted even after the person’s death.
National Artist for Visual Arts.
His influence as a cartoonist and his comics as popular art that helped forge Filipino as a national language.
It states that Coching’s comics, as popular art, helped forge the practice and consciousness of Filipino as a national language.
By declaring him a National Artist, he becomes entitled to the privileges and emoluments attached to the award, as expressly stated in the dispositive portion.
It cites Proclamation No. 1001 (s. 1972), Proclamation No. 1144 (s. 1973), Republic Act No. 7356, and refers to the Constitution.
Benigno S. Aquino III signed as President; Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. signed as Executive Secretary, consistent with the typical form of presidential proclamations.
It was done in the City of Manila on June 20, 2014.
They provide the factual and legal basis for the declaration—constitutional basis, existence and administration of the award, and justification for recognizing the specific individual.