Department of Justice(DOJ)

09 June 2020 Dear Michelle Lao, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 06 June 2020 at 12:31 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You requested for a copy of the Department’s Legal Opinion on the assignment of a foreign bank representative as adviser of a local bank. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Enclosed is a copy of DoJ Legal Opinion Number 054 series of 1984. Nothing herein shall be construed as an endorsement of the use, or purpose for use, of the foregoing document. Your right to request a review. If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Hon. Menardo I. Guevarra, Secretary, Department of Justice, Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date when you have received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of receipt of your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer