Administrative Order No. 313, December 18, 1959

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE CHARGES AIRED BY THE HONORABLE DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN HIS LETTER OF DECEMBER 10, 1959, TO THE PRESIDENT, CONCERNING THE TRIP OF THE HONORABLE ALEJO S. SANTOS, SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, TO BRITISH NORTH BORNEO ABOARD THE RPS PANGASINAN.

A committee is hereby created to investigate the charges aired by the Honorable Diosdado Macapagal, Vice-President of the Philippines, in his letter to the President dated December 10, 1959, concerning the trip of the Honorable Alejo S. Santos, Secretary of National Defense, to British North Borneo aboard the RPS Pangasinan. The committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Alejo Mabanag, Secretary of Justice	Chairman
Hon. Felixberto M. Serrano, Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Member
Hon. Buenaventura Ocampo, Chairman, Presidential Committee on Administration Performance Efficiency	Member

The committee is hereby granted all the powers of an investigation committee under sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation. It is also authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance or information as it may need in the investigation, and for this purpose, it shall have access to, and the right to examine, any books, documents, papers, or records thereof.

The committee shall submit its report and recommendations within the shortest time possible.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth.

(Sgd.) CARLOS P. GARCIA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ENRIQUE C. QUEMA

Assistant Executive Secretary