Authority and legal basis
- The President acts “by virtue of the powers vested in me by law” to create and constitute the committee.
- Executive Order No. 233 amends Executive Order No. 79 by further modifying the committee’s founding paragraph.
Purpose and the fundraising campaign
- Executive Order No. 79 (as amended, including by Executive Order No. 233) creates the Quezon Memorial Committee to take charge of the nation-wide campaign to raise funds for the erection of a national monument honoring late President Manuel L. Quezon.
- The amended paragraph in Executive Order No. 233 focuses on the committee’s official composition so the campaign can be managed through the designated members and officers.
Amended committee composition
- The amended first paragraph provides that a Quezon Memorial Committee is created and constituted.
- The committee is composed of a Chairman, multiple Vice-Chairmen, several Members (including named individuals and presidents of specified organizations), and a Treasurer.
Officers: Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
- The Chairman is the Honorable, the Secretary of the Interior.
- The first Vice-Chairman is Hon. Jose Yulo.
- The second Vice-Chairman is Hon. Tomas B. Morato.
Members and institutional representatives
- The Honorable, the Secretary of Finance is designated as a Member.
- The Honorable, the Secretary of Education is designated as a Member.
- The Honorable, the Secretary of Labor is designated as a Member.
- Jorge B. Vargas is designated as a Member.
Members: commerce, women’s clubs, and treasury
- The President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce is designated as a Member.
- The President, National Federation of Women’s Clubs of the Philippines is designated as a Member.
- The Treasurer of the Philippines is designated as the Treasurer.
- Mr. Antonio Rivero is designated as a Member.
Transitory amendments and prior amendments considered
- Executive Order No. 233 further amends Executive Order No. 79 by revising the first paragraph.
- Prior amendments to Executive Order No. 79 that are expressly included in the amendment history are Executive Order No. 12 dated August 19, 1946, Executive Order No. 137 dated May 7, 1948, Executive Order No. 164 dated August 12, 1948, and Executive Order No. 213 dated April 20, 1949.
- The operative effect of Executive Order No. 233 is to replace the committee-creation first paragraph with the amended composition statement that includes the specified officers, members, and treasurer.