QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 471)
To create a special committee tasked to look into certain certificates of titles of lands in Baguio City that have been declared null and void by the court, and to submit recommendations to the President.
The Solicitor-General (Chairman), the Director of Lands (Member), Mr. Sinai Hamada representing the landowners (Member), and Mr. Bantas Suanding representing the Integrated Bar of Baguio City (Member).
He serves as Chairman of the special committee.
He is a member of the special committee.
To ensure participation of affected stakeholders and legal professionals (as specified by the executive order) in reviewing the voided titles.
The committee may call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government for assistance needed in performing its task.
One month within which to submit its recommendation to the President.
Certain certificates of titles of lands in Baguio City that have been voided by the court.
It states that the particular certificates of title have already been declared null and void by the court.
It does not overturn the court’s ruling; instead, it creates a government committee to look into the voided titles and make recommendations to the President consistent with the existence of court declarations.
The President acts by virtue of the powers vested in him by law (as stated in the opening clause of the executive order).
It suggests a temporary or task-specific body created for a particular purpose—reviewing certain voided land titles in Baguio—within a defined timeframe (one month).
Typically, it would review the certificates of title and related land registration records, as well as the court decisions that declared the titles null and void (though the executive order does not list them explicitly).
The committee submits its recommendation to the President.