EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 320 - CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CENTENNIAL OF THE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF MARCELO H. DEL PILAR

WHEREAS, Marcelo H. del Pilar is one of our great Filipino heroes revered for his fearless writings denouncing the abuses of friars and their oppression of the Filipinos during the Spanish regime;

WHEREAS, in 1892 Marcelo H. del Pilar founded the first Tagalog daily, the Diariong Tagalog, which denounced Spanish maladministration of the Philippines and later edited the newspaper, La Solidaridad, which championed the cause for greater Philippine autonomy;

WHEREAS, in the words of Governor General Ramon Blanco, then Chief Executive of the erstwhile Philippine colony, Del Pilar was “the most intelligent leader, the real soul of the separatists”;

WHEREAS, July 4, 1996 will mark the centennial of the death anniversary of this great hero and it is only fitting that such significant event be commemorated and celebrated not only in his home province of Bulacan but also throughout the country with fitting programs, activities and projects;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order as follows:

Section 1. A Special Committee is hereby created to take charge of the nationwide preparations to commemorate the centennial of the death anniversary of Marcelo H. del Pilar on July 4, 1996, to be composed of the following:

1. Secretary Ricardo T. Gloria — Chairman
  Department of Education, Culture and
  Sports
2. Senator Blas F. Ople, Senate of the   — Co-Chairman
  Philippines
3. Representative Teodulo C. Natividad,   — Co-Chairman
  House of Representatives
4. The Executive Director of the National — Co-Chairman
  Centennial Commission
5. The Executive Director of the National — Vice-Chairman
  Historical Institute
6. The Executive Director or his duly    — Member
  designated representative, National
  Commission for Culture and the Arts
7. The Governor of the Province of — Member
  Bulacan or his duly designated
   representative
8. The President of the National Press    — Member
  Club or his duly designated
  representative
9. The President of the Manila Overseas  — Member
  Press Club or his duly designated
  representative
10.  The President of the Publishers   — Member
  Association of the Philippines, Inc. or
his duly designated representative
11.  A representative from the family of    — Member
Marcelo H. del Pilar

Sec. 2. The Committee shall be provided with technical and administrative support to be composed of detailed personnel from the National Historical Institute, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the National Centennial Commission.

Sec. 3. The Committee shall be funded with an initial budget to be drawn from the President’s Contingent Fund, in an amount to be recommended by the Committee and approved by the President.

Sec. 4. The Committee shall be an ad hoc body and its existence shall terminate upon the completion of all the activities, programs and projects related to the centennial of the death anniversary of Marcelo H. del Pilar.

Sec. 5. This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.
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