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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 1 -
REQUIRING ALL MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, THE UNDERSECRETARIES AND
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES TO RESIGN FROM ALL PRIVATE OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENT
AND TO DIVEST THEIR SHAREHOLDINGS OR INTEREST IN PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
OR BUSINESSES IN CASE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE CONDUCT OF THEIR
OFFICE
WHEREAS, the Constitution expressly
prohibits members of the Cabinet, their deputies and assistants (the
"Cabinet Officials") from holding, unless otherwise provided in the
Constitution, any other office or employment in the government or in
the private sector;
WHEREAS, the Constitution mandates that Cabinet Officials shall
strictly avoid conflict of interest in the conduct of their office;
WHEREAS, R.A. 6713, otherwise known as the Code of Conduct and
Ethical Standards for Public Officials And Employees, requires all
public officials to divest their shareholdings or interest in any
particular corporation or business in case a conflict of interest, as
defined therein, arises;
WHEREAS, as public servants, all Cabinet Officials must conduct
themselves with utmost honesty and integrity;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
The Head of the Presidential Management Staff shall, upon receipt of
the letters of resignation or instruments of divestment, collate,
summarize and prepare a report of the information contained therein
which may be released upon request to concerned bodies and offices.
Said report shall likewise be made available to the public in
accordance with, and subject to the same requirements set in Sec. 3,
Rule VII of the Implementing Rules on the Code of Conduct And Ethical
Standards For Public Officials And Employees.
Sec. 6.
Sec. 7.
Done in the City of Manila,
Philippines, this 14th day of July, in the year of our Lord, nineteen
hundred and ninety two.
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