EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 741 - DESIGNATING THE PANAMIN AS THE IMPLEMENTING ARM OF THE KILUSANG KABUHAYAN AT KAUNLARAN FOR NATIONAL MINORITIES

WHEREAS, the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran (KKK) pursuant to Executive Order No. 715 is declared as a top priority program of the Government involving all sectors of the Filipino Community;

WHEREAS, it is declared policy of the state to extend to the national minorities equality in stature and dignity, as well as opportunity with all other citizens which would further enhance their contribution to national development;

WHEREAS, the PANAMIN pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1414 is the principal agency under the Office of the President designated to act for and in behalf of the President in all matters pertaining to National Minorities; and

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, the President is empowered to undertake such organizational and related improvements as may be appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new developments.  

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, do hereby order and ordain:

Section 1. The PANAMIN shall serve as the implementing arm of the KKK for national minorities, which shall be incorporated as part of the provision of the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran as provided for in Executive Order No. 715.

Sec. 2. In coordination with the KKK Secretariat, PANAMIN shall formulate and set the implementing policies and guidelines of the KKK program for national minorities on the basis of the expressed aspirations of the minorities.

Sec. 3. All laws, orders, proclamations, rules, regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with any provisions of this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect accordingly.  

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.