ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 3, January 06, 1966

ORDERING THE RECALL AND RETURN OF ALL APPOINTMENTS PENDING ACTION BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, THE WAGE AND POSITION CLASSIFICATION OFFICE (WAPCO), AND THE BUDGET COMMISSION

WHEREAS, numerous appointments were hurriedly made or issued by the outgoing Administration which are now pending action by the Civil Service Commission, the Wage and Position Classification Office (WAPCO) and the Budget Commission; and

WHEREAS, the present Administration deems it necessary in the public interest to review and study further said appointments, particularly in the light of its administrative program and the present precarious fiscal position of the Government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, do hereby order that no further action should be taken or made on all appointment papers pending with the aforecited offices, which are hereby recalled and ordered returned to the respective departments, bureaus, offices or agencies where they originated, except those pertaining to purely provincial or municipal offices.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary