Upgrading the Compensation of Personnel of the Office (Ministry) of the Solicitor General

December 13, 1979

LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 107

UPGRADING THE COMPENSATION OF PERSONNEL OF THE OFFICE (MINISTRY) OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL

WHEREAS, under Executive Order No. 552, the Office of the Solicitor General has been elevated in status and category to the level of a ministry;

WHEREAS, requirements for appointment of Solicitors involve the same qualifications as Judges and other members of the Judiciary;

WHEREAS, there is a need to align the salaries and allowances of Solicitors with the salaries of Judges based on the new rates of salaries and allowances for Judicial personnel under Letter of Implementation No. 95 effective May 1, 1979 and Letter of Implementation No. 96 effective August 1, 1979;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the prefers vested in me by law, do hereby Order and Direct:

SECTION 1. The salaries of Solicitors and Trial Attorneys of the Office (Ministry) of the Solicitor General shall be in Accordance with the following rates:

 

Title	Salary Rate
Assistant Solicitor General	P50,292
Solicitor VI	41,232
Solicitor V	37,344
Solicitor IV	35,532
Solicitor III	32,184
Solicitor II	29,149
Solicitor I	26,388
Trial Attorney	26,388
Trial Attorney	22,726
Trial Attorney	21,624

 

SECTION 2. The salaries of the Administrative and Support Staff shall be increased by one step increase in the salary of the employee computed on the basis of the actual salary as of August 13, 1979.

SECTION 3. Transportation and representation allowances shall be determined on a case to case basis, guided by standard rates in the Judicial and Executive Branches of government.

SECTION 4. Funds needed to implement this Letter shall be drawn from appropriations for salary increases provided in the CY 1979 budget of the Office (Ministry) of the Solicitor General, any deficiency shall be drawn from salary lapses or other personal services, savings of the Office (Ministry) of the Solicitor General. Any remaining deficiency shall be funded from the Salary Adjustment Fund provided in Batas Pambansa Blg. 1. Therefore, they will be provided in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 5. The salary increases and allowances directed by this Letter shall be effective August 14, 1979.

SECTION 6. The rules and regulations needed to comply with this Letter shall be formulated and issued by the Minister of the Budget.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 13th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.