Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 22)
The Committee on Pensions was constituted to survey existing retirement, gratuity, and pension systems, and to study the advisability of continuing, modifying, amending, or abolishing these systems, or to recommend a general retirement plan for the entire public service.
Reports of the insolvent condition of several government pension systems and the lack of uniformity in legislation regarding retirement, gratuity, and pension payments prompted the creation of the Committee.
The Committee must consider length of service rendered, age of retirement, amounts of benefits to be paid, and the established rights of the beneficiaries.
The Committee was authorized to call upon any government office or agency for information or assistance it may deem necessary.
The members appointed were Mr. Salvador Lagdameo (Chairman), Mr. Antonio Ramos, Mr. Celedonio Salvador, Dr. Leoncio Lopez-Rizal, Maj. Hipolito Garma, Dr. Emeterio B. Roa, Dr. Luis R. Salvosa (member and Secretary).
The Committee was required to submit its report no later than May 15, 1936.
The scope included making a survey of all existing retirement, gratuity, and pension systems in the Philippines and studying the advisability of continuing, modifying, amending, or abolishing these systems or recommending a general retirement plan covering the entire public service.
The Committee was directed to place pension systems on a sound financial basis while respecting the established rights of beneficiaries and considering the interests of both the government and beneficiaries in the formulation of a general retirement law.