Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

:NTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.__ 48°76

Introduced by The Honorable JUAN C. PONCE ENRILE, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The debate on whether to bury former President Marcos in the Libingan ng
mga Bayani is very divisive for the nation under pressure from global price
escalations to the changes that are happening or about to happen in certain critical
regions of the world that supply oil to the various nation-states.

Such global price escalation affects the food supply chain and in a country
where poverty is alarming, government should be able to focus on more important
things to alleviate the skyrocketing price of basic commodities, job generation and
expansion of the economy as well as battling corruption that retard our gains as a
nation.

Republic Act No. 298 of 1948, creating a five-member Board of National
Pantheon, on the construction of a National Pantheon for Presidents, National Heroes
and Patriots could have been the closure to the debate if only the law, which remains
in our statutes book. is implemented. But the debate has been allowed to pester,
opening old wounds.

Presidential Proclamation No. 208 was issued by then President Ferdinand
Marcos on May 28, 1967, to reserve an area of 142 hectares from the Fort Bonifacio
Military Rerservation,

Under AFP Regulations G 161-373, with the subject “Allocation of Cemetery
plots at the LNMB,” issued on 9 April 1986 by GHQ under then AFP Chief of Staff
General Fidel V. Ramos, and then signed by President Corazon C, Aquino, states
exactly who are entitled to be interred at the Libingan. It clearly states that “pursuant
to the aforecited AFP Regulations, republished on 11 Sept. 2000 as AFP Regulations
G 161-375,” that there are 10 categories of deceased persons entitled to be buried at
the LNMB: 1. Medal of Valor awardees; 2. Presidents or Commanders-in-Chief,
AEP; 3. Secretaries of National Defense; 4. Chiefs of Staff, AFP; 5. General/Flag
Officers of the AFP; 6. Active and retired military personnel of the AFP; 7, Former
AFP members who laterally entered/joined the PNP and the PCG; 8. Veterans of
Philippine Revolution of 1896, WWI, WWII and recognized guerrillas; 9,
Government dignitaries, statesmen, National Artists and other deceased persons
whose interment or re-interment has been approved by the Commander-in-Chief,
Congress or the Secretary of National Defense: and 10. Presidents, Secretaries of



National Defense, widows of former Presidents, Secretaries of National Defense and
Chiefs of Staff.

‘The measure sets aside 25% of the total land area in the Libingan ng mga
Bayani (LNMB) for the Libingan ng mga Pangulo (LNMP)and the remaining 75%
shall constitute the LNMB. The setting aside of space for the LNMP will have a
prospective effect. As such, upon the passage of this bill, the present custodian of the
LNMB js hereby directed to measure and set aside the space, as provided by the bill,
for the use of former presidents of the Republic. ‘The present custodian of LNMB
shall likewise be the custodian of the LNMP.

Passage of this measure is earnestly requested.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4876

House Bill No.

Introduced by The Honorable JUAN C. PONCE ENRILE, JR.

AN ACT
SETTING ASIDE TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA
OF THE LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI TO CONSTITUTE THE LIBINGAN
NG MGA PANGULO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known and cited as the
“Libingan ng Pangulo Act of 2011.”

SEC. 2. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total land area of the Libingan ng
mga Bayani is hereby set aside for the development of the Libingan ng mga Pangulo.

SEC. 3. The Libingan ng mga Pangulo shall be under the administration and
maintenance of the Grave Service Unit of the Philippine Army Support, Armed
Forces of the Philippines.

SEC. 4, Repealing Clause ~ All laws, decrees or executive issuances and any
rules and regulations or any part thereof which may be inconsistent with any of the
provisions of this Act are hereby deemed repealed, amended or modifies accordingly.

SEC. 5. Effectivity — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation,

Approved,