SECTION 1
SECTION 1.
There is hereby established a Committee that shall assist the Department of Foreign Affairs in the review of cases involving Filipino overseas workers sentenced by foreign authorities with life imprisonment or higher, including other Filipinos meted with unusual punishments. The Committee shall be composed of the following:
Chairman
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The Secretary, Department of Justice
Vice-Chairman
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The Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs
Members
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The Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment;
The Administrator, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration;
The Administrator, Overseas Welfare Workers Administration; and
The Solicitor General.
SEC. 2
SEC. 2.
The Committee shall have the following functions:
a.
To coordinate and monitor all cases involving Filipino overseas workers sentenced with the penalty of life imprisonment or higher, including those meted with unusual punishments; and
b.
To evaluate, identify and recommend cases of Filipinos overseas appropriate for Presidential intercession.
SEC. 4
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately
SEC. 4.
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE
in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.
(Sgd.)
FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary