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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 406 -
REQUIRING THAT AT LEAST 10% OF FIELD MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS OF
GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION PROJECTS BE PROVIDED THRU
THE EMPLOYMENT OF AFP DRAFTEES
TO
: All Heads of Departments, Agencies and Offices of
the Government
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree 182, dated May 6, 1973, as
amended by Presidential Decree 567, dated October 18, 1974, draftees or
those who rendered selective emergency military service shall be given
priority in appointment in government service, commensurate with their
training, experience, and educational qualifications, provisions of the
Civil Service Law to the contrary notwithstanding;
WHEREAS, the Armed Forces of the Philippines is conducting a training
program designed to provide draftees with useful skills needed for
gainful employment once mustered out of the service;
WHEREAS, under the concept of self-reliance and cooperative scheme, a
draftee can himself immediately be the direct beneficiary and
ultimately a contributor to the national growth;
WHEREAS, in order to insure for the draftee an economically stable
life, sustain his desire for self-reliance and develop him as a
resource for national development, it is necessary that he be given all
forms of assistance toward his subsequent employment when he leaves the
service;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and direct;
1.
At least 10% of the field manpower requirements of
all government infrastructure and food production projects undertaken
directly by the government or by private contractors shall be composed
of draftees who served honorably in the service of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines.
2. In
fulfilling this 10% requirements as herein
provided, due consideration be given, to the extent possible, to the
various levels of skills required; Provided, That no incumbent
employee/personnel shall be laid off by reason hereof except for cause
as provided by law;
3. The Armed
Forces of the Philippines, through its
Office of Manpower and Reserve Affairs or any other appropriate
unit/office designated by the Chief of Staff, AFP, shall furnish all
departments, agencies and offices of the government a schedule and list
of all draftees separated from the service by category of skills;
4. The Chief
of Staff, AFP, shall, with the approval
of the Secretary of National Defense, promulgate necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Letter of
Instructions.
Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
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