Manila, Feb. 29 -- The five-letter acronym "LEDAC" stands for Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council which has been established under Republic Act (RA) 7640 signed on Dec. 9, 1992 by then President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR).

Its primary function is to serve as an advisory and consultative body to the incumbent President who chairs it. Its members include the Vice President, the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Cabinet members, including the head of the Presidential Legal Liaison Office (PLLO).

RA 7640 was enacted by the two-chamber Congress during the time of Senate President Edgardo J. Angara and House Speaker Jose C. De Venecia Jr.

In the early years of the FVR administration, the Presiden...