Administrative Order No. 96, November 23, 1967

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO STUDY ELECTION LAWS AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

In order to prevent the repetition of the confusion in the registration of voters and voting attending the just completed 1967 elections, which has resulted in the disenfranchisement of a sizable percentage of the electorate, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law and the constitution, do hereby create a Committee to make a thorough study of existing laws, rules and regulations relative to elections and registrations and voting procedures with a view to finding and pinpointing the defects therein and recommending remedial measures thereto. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Justice Ricardo Paras	Chairman
Justice Roberto Regala	Member
Prof. Gaudencio Garcia	Member
Com. Jose Carag	Member
Com. Sixto Brillantes	Member
Com. Genaro Visarra	Member
Com. Gregorio Santayana	Member

The Committee shall also study and recommend whether the present registry of voters could be used in the 1969 elections without the attendant confusion.

The Committee may request the assistance of any Department, Bureau, office or agency of the government in the discharge of its functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary