Requirement for Design Changes and Safety Improvements
- Construction cannot continue unless the contractor, Westinghouse, makes fundamental design changes.
- Additional, adequate, and acceptable safeguards must be adapted to ensure safety.
- The focus is on protecting the health of the public.
Directives to Government Officials
- Ministers of Justice, Finance, Energy, and the Solicitor General are instructed to safeguard government interests.
- Immediate and appropriate steps must be taken considering the objectionable design features and contract terms.
Specific Measures to be Undertaken
- Effort should be made to place a moratorium on interest payments on loans and other obligations related to the project.
- There should be immediate termination and/or renegotiation of the contract with Westinghouse.
Reporting and Oversight
- The officials directed to act on these instructions are required to report their progress.
- This ensures accountability and continual review of the measures taken.
Legal and Executive Authority
- The directives are issued under the authority of the President of the Philippines.
- The letter was signed and dated November 13, 1979, in Manila.