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Administrative Order No. 140
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 140 REACTIVATING THE FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGED ANOMALIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTCH RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Section 1. The Fact Finding Committee created under Administrative Order No. 49 is hereby reactivated to be composed of the following: Chairman : Atty. HECTOR D. SOLIMAN Assistant Secretary, DAR Co-Chairman : Atty. Carlos de Leon Senior State Prosecutor, DOJ 3 Members from the DAR and 2 Members from the DOJ
Sec. 2. The Fact-Finding Committee shall have the following powers and functions: 1. To investigate the alleged anomalies and determine all the facts and circumstances regarding the implementation of the 520 M. Dutch Rural Development Assistance Program; 2. To exercise the powers of an investigating body under Section 33, Chapter 9, Book I of the Administrative Code of 1987, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oath, take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation, and to issue compulsory processes to produce documents, books, records and such other matters, in the performance of its functions; 3. To establish a Secretariat for the technical and staff support of the Committee.
Sec. 3. All the Departments, bureaus, offices, agencies or instrumentalities including government-owned or controlled corporations are hereby directed to extend such assistance and cooperation as the Committee may need in the discharge of its functions; and
Sec. 4. The Committee shall submit their findings and recommendations to the President of the Republic of the Philippines within a period of Ninety (90) days from the date of the issuance of this Administrative Order. This Order takes effect immediately and will continue the activities enunciated under the DAR-DOJ Fact Finding Committee on the Dutch Rural Development Assistance Program (DRDAP) created under Administrative Order No. 49, s. 1993. Done in the City of Manila, this 9 th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety four. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR. Executive Secretary