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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 559 -
DIRECTING STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE VITAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THE OFFICIAL TRAVEL ABROAD OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND
EMPLOYEES, BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL, INCLUDING THOSE IN GOVERNMENT OWNED
OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS
WHEREAS,
it has been the policy of the Government to observe proper and
reasonable restraint in the utilization of its overall assets and
resources and as much as possible to reduce or limit its expenditures
to such activities as are essential to the needs of a sound, efficient
and progressive public service and to the attainment of the country’s
development goals;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforestated policy, it is deemed necessary and
desirable to re-emphasize the vital rules and regulations governing the
official travel abroad of government officials and employees, both
national and local, including those in government-owned or controlled
corporations, which regulatory measures are basically designed to
conserve the country’s foreign exchange resources and to derive from
such travel maximum and positively beneficial results for the
Government and the nation as a whole, the better to secure faithful
compliance with such rules and regulations;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby direct all
officials and employees in the government, both national and local,
including government-owned or controlled corporations, to render strict
compliance with the existing rules and regulations governing the
official travel abroad of government personnel, particularly with
respect to the following areas of concern:
1.
Any request for authority to
travel abroad may or may not be approved by the Office of the President
depending on the various factors and circumstances, involved, including
the number of government personnel in the proposed trip, the
expenditure of government funds that it would entail, and the public
benefit that may be derived therefrom. The Ministers of the various
Ministries and all heads of government offices, bureaus, agencies and
instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled
corporations, are hereby enjoined to recommend only those trips which
are urgent and extremely necessary, will involve the minimum in
expenditure and personnel and expected to bring immediate benefit to
the country.
The international commitment
referred to in the immediate preceding paragraph is one arising out of
an agreement entered into between governments through their respective
officials or agencies in charge of foreign relations matters. In this
regard, it is hereby directed that no officer or office shall commit
the Government to the sending abroad of any government personnel
without the prior approval of the Office of the President of the
Philippines. It is also hereby directed that any invitation for the
sending abroad of any government officials and employees shall first be
forwarded to the Office of the President for determination whether or
not the invitation may be accepted, as well as of those who may make
the trip.
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Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.
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