Executive Order No. 384 (1996) — —Article X, Section 14 of the Constitution provides that the President shall create regional development councils (RDCs) and other similar bodies composed of local government officials, regional heads of departments and other government offices and representatives from non-governmental organizations within the regions;

Section 1

Regular Members

Section 1.

Regular Members. The following shall be the regular RDC members:

a. all provincial governors;

b. all city mayors;

c. mayors of municipalities designated as provincial capitals;

d. all presidents of the provincial league of mayors;

e. the mayor of the municipality designated as the regional center;

f. the regional directors of agencies represented in the National Economic and Development Authority Board (NEDA, DAR, DBM, DENR, DOF, DFA, DOH, DILG, DOLE, DPWH, DOST, DTI, DOTC, BSP) and the regional director of DECS, DSWD and;

g. private sector representatives (PSRs), AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LABOR SECTOR, who shall comprise one-fourth of the members of the fully constituted council.—

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE —in the City of Manila, this 7th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six. 1a⍵⍴h!1

(Sgd.)— FIDEL V. RAMOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)— RUBEN D. TORRES

Executive Secretary