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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1420 |
Corporations
Whereas, the Constitutional right of access to official records, and to documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions is not absolute;
Whereas, it has come to my attention that certain vital, confidential and sensitive data and information have been disclosed to unauthorized persons or the general public;
Whereas, such disclosures have been prejudicial to the general welfare, public interest, or national security;
Whereas, there is a need to strictly enforce Memorandum Circular No. 78 dated August 14, 1964; and
Whereas, the Government of the Philippines needs to protect the confidentiality necessary to carry out its responsibility in international relations and national defense and in implementing the national economic recovery program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by power vested in me by the Constitution of the Philippines, do hereby declare and direct the following:
1.
All Ministers and Directors/Heads/Chiefs of
Bureaus/Offices/Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations are hereby
prohibited from disclosing the unauthorized persons, the media or the
general public top secret, secret, confidential or restricted matters
as defined in Memorandum Circular No. 78 dated August 14, 1964 under
their custody or control, the release of which will be clearly
prejudicial to the public interest or national security or will
adversely affect the economic recovery program of the country.
2. Such top
secret, secret, confidential and restricted matters shall not be
disclosed or released to unauthorized persons or the general public and
shall not be published or caused to be published without prior
clearance from the Office of the President.
3. All Ministers and Directors/Heads/Chiefs of
Bureaus/Offices/Government Owned or Controlled Corporations are hereby
enjoined to enforce this Letter of Instructions and Memorandum Circular
No. 78 in their respective ministries, bureaus, officers or
corporations.
4. All persons
responsible for unauthorized disclosures or release of top secret,
secret, confidential or restricted matters in violation of this Letter
of Instructions and Memorandum Circular No. 78 shall be subject to
disciplinary action or prosecution under the Revised Penal Code and
other applicable laws.
For strict compliance.
Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of September, nineteen hundred eighty-four.
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