Creating a Fact-Finding Commission with Plenary Powers to Investigate the Circumstances Surrounding the Assassination of Former Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr., and Allow a Free, Unlimited and Exhaustive Investigation into All Aspects of the Tragedy
Administrative Order No. 469, issued on August 24, 1983, establishes a Fact-Finding Commission to investigate the assassination of former Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. This Commission is granted plenary powers to conduct an exhaustive inquiry into all aspects of the incident, ensuring transparency and preventing any appearance of bias. It has the authority to summon witnesses and compel the production of documents and other evidence. The findings of the Commission will be submitted directly to the President of the Philippines. The Commission is chaired by Chief Justice Enrique Fernando and includes several former justices as members.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Administrative Order No. 469
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Administrative Orders
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 24, 1983
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 469
CREATING A FACT-FINDING COMMISSION WITH PLENARY POWERS TO INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER SENATOR BENIGNO S. AQUINO JR., AND ALLOW A FREE, UNLIMITED AND EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE TRAGEDY
To prevent any suspicion of a whitewash or of bias and partiality in the investigation of the events surrounding the tragic death of former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., a Commission is hereby created and empowered to determine all the facts concerning the assassination and to gather all investigative agencies and utilize them in order to allow a free, unlimited, and exhaustive investigation into all aspects of the above-mentioned tragedy. HTcADC
The Commission shall have plenary powers, including the power to call/invite witnesses and to obtain compulsory powers to produce any document, equipment or person in the performance of its mission.
The Commission shall submit its findings directly to the President of the Philippines.
This Order is also in relation to a separate order issued placing the entire AVSECOM group in the Manila International Airport under confinement to quarters.
The Commission shall be composed of the following:
1. Chief Justice Enrique Fernando — Chairman
2. Former Chief Justice Roberto Concepcion — member
3. Former Justice Ruperto Martin — member
4. Former Justice Guillermo Santos — member
5. Former Justice Felix Antonio — member
The Presidential Executive Assistant shall establish a Secretariat and shall be authorized to detail any person from any government office to assist the Commission for the duration of the completion of the purposes of this Administrative Order.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 24th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three.
Cite This Law
Creating a Fact-Finding Commission with Plenary Powers to Investigate the Circumstances Surrounding the Assassination of Former Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr., and Allow a Free, Unlimited and Exhaustive Investigation into All Aspects of the Tragedy, Administrative Order No. 469, Aug 24, 1983 (Philippines)
Creating a Fact-Finding Commission with Plenary Powers to Investigate the Circumstances Surrounding the Assassination of Former Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr., and Allow a Free, Unlimited and Exhaustive Investigation into All Aspects of the Tragedy, Administrative Order No. 469 (Phil. 1983)
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