One of the principal reasons for the lifting of the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is the fact that from all indications the communists will not mount a rebellion unless they can improve their present capabilities, have a better cause like the rejection of a socialistic constitution and while I am still President.
But by then if the President does not have the confidence or trust of the military, the military may take over the government.
So, now, we must band together against communism as a prerequisite to a settlement of our disagreements with the Lopezes.
I conveyed this to Mr. Eugenio Lopez through Mr. Alfredo Montelibano this morning.
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention led by some of the Mindanao delegates are beginning to actually demand money to vote down the ban-Marcos resolution in the Transitory Provisions Committee.
Worked until 3:00PM when I took lunch with the political leaders.
Gave instructions to the Sec. of Finance to stand firm on our demand that we do not merely follow the wishes of the Japanese government as to the manner of expenditure of the
PRESIDENT MARCOS, with only a few scheduled callers, had the opportunity to concentrate on his desk work this day. He issued a proclamation, amending Proclamation No. 952, to include the province of Southern Leyte under the declaration of the existence of a state of calamity in the province of Leyte due to typhoon “Asiang.”
The President said that extensive destruction to life and property had similarly been wrought upon the province of Southern Leyte by typhoon “‘Asiang,” thus it was just and proper to include the province of Southern Leyte in the calamity area.
The President signed as well an executive order creating the Philippine committee on the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
In creating the committee, the President noted that the Philippines is an active member of the UNCTAD and that the country’s participation in conferences of this body should be made more effective.
As created, the Philippine committee is composed of the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, as chairman; and a representative each from the Departments of Commerce and Industry, and of Finance; the National Economic Council, the Central Bank of the Philippines, the Presidential Economic Staff and the Board of Investments, as members.
In a separate action the President directed Budget Commissioner Faustino Sy-Changco to release additional funds for the economic rehabilitation of displaced settlers, both Christians and Muslims, in Mindanao.
The President’s directive was in response to representation made by Governors Carlos Cajelo of Cotabato and Sergio Morales of South Cotabato, who requested that priority be given to basic needs such as food, clothing and medicines, which should be immediately dispatched to their provinces. The duo informed the President that hunger was forcing Muslim evacuees to forage for food, resulting in violent clashes with Christian settlers who do not want to lose their animals and crops.
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