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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 13 -
DELEGATING THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT PERTAINING TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THE RESIGNATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES FROM THE POSITION OF
ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND BELOW UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PROPER
AND ITS ATTACHED AGENCIES TO THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
WHEREAS, the executive power is vested in
the President of the Philippines pursuant to Article VII, Sec. 1 of
the Constitution;
WHEREAS, the power of control over all the executive departments,
bureaus, and offices is vested in the President pursuant to Article
VII, Section VII of the Constitution and Book III, Sec. 1 of the
Administrative Code of 1987;
WHEREAS, the appointing power is essentially an executive function
pursuant to Book III Chapter 5, Sec. 16 of the Administrative Code
of 1987 which provides, "The President shall exercise the power to
appoint such officials as provided for in the Constitution and laws";
WHEREAS, implicit in the power to appoint is the authority of the
President to accept the resignations of presidential appointees under
the Office of the President and its attached agencies;
WHEREAS, sound principles of organization and governance demand that
the President be able to concentrate on more urgent and vital functions;
WHEREAS, the President's multifarious executive and administrative
functions may be carried out and performed by and through the executive
departments under the control of the President;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of July in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand One.
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