Amending Certain Rules on Discipline of Government Officials and Employees

Presidential Decrees

Presidential Decree No. 6

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 6

AMENDING CERTAIN RULES ON DISCIPLINE OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 23, 1972, the Integrated Reorganization Plan was adopted and made part of the law of the land;

WHEREAS, in the reorganization of the Government, it is necessary that we clean the public service of undesirable officials and employees; and

WHEREAS, it is essential that administrative cases against such officials and employees be disposed of in the most expeditious manner;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby promulgate the following amendatory rules on the administrative discipline of government officials and employees:

Section 1. Grounds for disciplinary action. ? The following shall be grounds for disciplinary action:

a. Dishonesty.

b. Oppression.

c....