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Executive Order No. 256 (2003)
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;
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of law and pending the final resolution of the territorial dispute between Taguig and Makati, the tracts of land subject of said territorial dispute shall be deemed situated in the—Municipality of Taguig or City of Makati—, until a final determination is issued in Civil Case No. 63896 pending before the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 153 or any appeals or other related cases therefrom.
Section 2. The Department of Interior and Local Government is directed to form a special Makati-Taguig Boundary Committee to conduct non-binding discussions to explore the possibility of arriving at a constructive and early resolution of the boundary dispute and to provide for a forum for dialogue between the two local government units. Said Committee shall be composed of the following:
Chairman: Secretary of Interior and Local Government
Members: One (1) representative from the Office of the Mayor of the City of Makati.
One (1) representative from the Office of the Mayor of the Municipality of Taguig
One (1) representative from the Office of the Congressional Representative of the 1st District of Makati.
One (1) representative from the Office of the Congressional Representative of the Lone District, Taguig-Pateros
One (1) representative from the Office of the Solicitor General One (1) neutral legal expert to be appointed by the President.
Section 3. This Executive Order shall not be construed as creating or granting any new rights or privileges, and/or affecting or altering the status quo of the tracts of land in dispute, or as interfering with the judicial process. Upon final resolution of the territorial dispute in the above mentioned case or other related cases as may be decided by the Judicial Department, the statement of the location of said properties in the Special Patent and in all plans and other related documents and issuances shall be amended, reconciled and made consistent with the final judicial determination. ᇈWᑭHIL
Section 4. All orders, issuances, rules and regulation, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified.
Section 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 8th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO Executive Secretary