Republika ng Pilipinas

ICAGAWARAN NG KATARUNGAN Department of Justice

Manila

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EXTREMELY URGENT

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 0 2 5

TO Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries The Prosecutor General The Chief State Counsel All Heads of Bureaus, Commissions and

Offices attached to the DO] DO) Library

SUBJECT : MEMORANDUM OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

DATE 21 July 2016

Attached is a photo copy of a Memorandum from the Executive Secretary (sent through facsimile) dated 15 July 2016 from Executive Secretary SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA on the subject, "DIRECTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT TO REFRAIN FROM ADDRESSING HIM AS 'HIS EXCELLENCY,' AND THE CABINET SECRETARIES AS 'HONORABLE' IN ALL OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS".

Let the original copy thereof be kept in the DO) Library.

For information, guidance and strict compliance.

VITALIANO GUIRRE II

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MEMORANDUM FROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

To All Departments, Bureaus, Cabinet Members and other Heads of Agencies, Government-Owned and —Controlled Corporations/Government Financial institutions, and other instrumentalities of the government,

Subject DIRECTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT TO REFRAIN FROM ADDRESSING HIM AS "HIS EXCELLENCY," AND THE CABINET SECRETARIES AS "HONORABLE" IN ALL OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS

Date 15 July 2016

As a matter of policy, the President has instructed the following:

That the President shall be addressed in all official communications, events, or materials as "PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE" only, and without the term "His Excellency"; and

All members of the Cabinet shall be addressed in all official communications submitted to Office of the President as "Secretary" only, and without the term "Honorable."

However, all government agencies and offices, in their discretion, may still use the term 1-lonorable" in addressing their respective heads of offices in their internal communications and documents.

For your guidance.

SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA