Executive Order No. 510 (1992)

Section 1. There is hereby constituted the AFTA Multisectoral Study Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, composed of the following members and organizations from the public and private sectors:

A. Business leaders:

1. Eugenio Lopez, Jr.

2. Laila Larkin

3. Sylvia Santos

4. Antonio Cojuangco

5. Victor Chongbian

6. John Gokongwei

7. Oscar Hilado

8. Narda Capuyon

9. Dante Santos

10. Luis Lorenzo, Sr.

11. Roberto Villlanueva, Sr.

12. Federico Borromeo

13. Alfonso Yuchengco

14. Jaime Zobel de Ayala

15. Vicente Paterno

16. Raul Concepcion

17. Corazon de la Paz

B. Business, Labor and Farmers Organizations:

1. Jose Pardo

PCCI

2. Dr. Bernardo Villegas

CRC

3. Atty. Ricardo Romulo

MBC

4. Dean Felipe Alfonso

AIM

5. Mr. Rizalino Navarro

SGV

6. Yao Eng Hue

Fed. of Fil-Chinese

7. Johnny Tan

FFW

8. Democrito Mendoza

TUCP

9. Ben Cruz

Sanduguan

10. Sergio Ortiz

PHILEXPORT

11. Alejandro Herrin

PES

12. Octavio Espiritu

BAP

C. Government Officials :

1. Sec. Jesus Estanislao

DF

2. Gov. Jose Cuisia, Jr.

CB

3. Sec. Senen Bacani

DA

4. Sec. Fulgencio Factoran, Jr.

DENR

5. Sec. Lilia Bautista

DTI

6. Chair. Roberto de Ocampo

DBP

7. Sec. Ceferino Follosco

DOST

8. Pres. Jose Abueva

UP

9. Sec. Gen. Cayetano Paderanga

NEDA

10. Sec. Nieves Confessor

DOLE

11. Sec. Raul Manglapus

DFA

12. Sec. Franklin M. Drilon

OP

Hon. Eugenio Lopez, Jr., and Hon. Jesus P. Estanislao shall act as Chairman and Co-Chairman, respectively, of the Commission. The Commission is hereby authorized to expand its membership when so required.

Section 2. The Commission shall:

a. Identify the issues and implications of AFTA and ASEAN Economic Cooperation on the Philippine economy and its industrial, agricultural, financial and service sectors, including labor and the peasantry;

b. Propose a work program towards the formulation of a national development agenda incorporating public policy reform, including legislation where needed, and private sector initiatives and technological innovations to increase our competitive advantages in the regional market. 1aшphi1

c. Develop a common framework that embodies anti-poverty goals to guide industry competitive analyses and recommend corresponding strategies to establish and improve such competitiveness;

d. Build concensus among business and industry, agricultural and service sectors, with government agencies, science and technology centers, research, technical and management education institutions, labor and peasant organizations and NGO's in a national development agenda, shared growth and prosperity;

e. Recommend guidelines, directions and policies for the government in its continuing discussions and negotiations with the ASEAN governments in all areas of economic cooperation;

f. Ensure that its studies and recommendations incorporate the principles of a just, equitable and sustainable development, through investments in the human capital of the poor that is consistent with long-term growth and shared prosperity; and define the roles of each sector in the attainment of these goals that would balance market competition with human development; and

g. Create such sub-committees and task forces as may be necessary to accomplish these functions.

Section 3. The Commission shall establish a Secretariat with the assistance of the Government agencies concerned.

This Order shall take effect immediately

Section 4. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of March, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-two.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON Executive Secretary