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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 256 -
DECLARATION ON THE EFFECT OF SPECIAL PATENT NO. 3596 AND ESTABLISHING A
MAKATI-TAGUIG BOUNDARY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS,
there exists a territorial dispute between the Municipality of Taguig
and the City of Makati over certain areas in the former Fort Bonifacio
docketed as Civil Case No. 63896 and pending before the Regional Trial
Court of Pasig, Branch 153 since 1993;
WHEREAS, the territorial dispute relates to the correct delineation of
the common territorial boundary of the Municipality of Taguig and City
of Makati;
WHEREAS, Section s 2 and 55 of Republic Act No. 7854 (Charter of the
City of Makati), as supported by the Supreme Court in “Mariano vs.
Comelec” (242 SCRA 211), expressly provide that it is the courts that
shall resolve the territorial disputes between City of Makati and any
adjoining government unit;
WHEREAS, when Special Patent No. 3596 dated 7 February 1995 was issued
to convey unto Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation the tracts of
land subject thereof, no reference to the City of Makati was made while
a reference to the Municipality of Taguig was expressly made therein;
WHEREAS, pending final resolution in the courts of the territorial
dispute between the Municipality of Taguig and the City of Makati,
there is a question as to the correct description of the location of
the subject tracts of land and said Special Patent No. 3596 was not
meant to intrude into or affect any judicial processes relating thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Chairman:
Secretary of Interior and Local Government
Members: One (1) representative from the Office of the Mayor of the
City of Makati.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
DONE,
in the City of Manila, this 8th day of December, in the year of Our
Lord, Two Thousand and Three.
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Since 19.07.98.