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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 155
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 155 -
CREATING AN INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN
INTEGRATED AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN CONNECTION WITH
MALITUBOG-MARIDAGAO IRRIGATION PROJECT AND ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS
WHEREAS, the Government's vision of
Philippines 2000 aims to provide all localities with opportunities for
self-development and widen their access to productive resources;
WHEREAS, the Government recognizes that delivery of basic services
should be undertaken in coordination with and among government
instrumentalities and agencies and other concerned/affected sectors;
WHEREAS, the Malitubog-Maridagao Irrigation Project (MMIP) is intended
to bring development to Carmen, North Cotabato and its adjacent areas;
WHEREAS, the MMIP which will benefit thousands of families, may also
displace or adversely affect a number of others whose legitimate
concerns or grievances must be adequately addressed;
WHEREAS, certain groups may be deliberately; exploiting the situation
to provoke or promote an armed conflict along religious beliefs and
derail the ongoing peace process with the Southern Philippines
Autonomous Group/MNLF;
WHEREAS, there is a need to address problems, among which are poverty,
lawlessness, injustice and under-development of the area, from a
wholistic point of view;
WHEREAS, to enable the government to undertake measures to promote the
accelerated socio-economic development of Carmen and its adjacent
areas, there is a need to create a body that shall formulate and
implement short and medium-term plans for the areas covered
herein as well as certain policy, planning and implementation issues.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order the following:
Section 1. Creation of the Inter-Agency Task Force. —
There is hereby created an Inter-Agency Task Force (hereinafter
referred to as "Task Force") which is hereby designated as Task Force
MALMAR, to undertake an integrated development and security/law
enforcement operations to facilitate the normalization of the peace and
order condition and the socio-economic development of Carmen, Aleosan,
Pikit and Kabacan, all of Cotabato, Pagalungan in Maguindanao, and
other areas in the vicinity that may be subsequently included in the
area of responsibility of the Task force.
Sec. 2. Composition. — The Task Force shall be
headed by the Secretary of National Defense as Chairman, with the
Secretary of Agriculture as Co-Chairman. Its members shall be composed
of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao; the Administrator, National
Irrigation Administration (NIA); the Governors of ARMM, North Cotabato
and Maguindanao; and senior representatives of the Secretaries/Heads of
the following agencies with at least the rank of Director IV or
equivalent:
a.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources;
b. Department
of Agrarian Reform;
c. Department
of Public Works and Highways;
d. Department
of Interior and Local Government;
e. Department
of Energy;
f. Department
of Education, Culture and Sports;
g. Department
of Trade and Industry;
h. Department
of Social Welfare and Development;
i. Department
of Health;
j. Department
of Justice;
k. Department
of Transportation and Communication;
l. National
Economic Development Authority;
m.
Presidential Management Staff;
n. Philippine
Information Agency;
o. Armed
Forces of the Philippines (GHQ); and
p. Philippine
National Police (National Headquarters).
Concerned local government executives, religious and community leaders,
as may be determined by the Task Force, may be designated as ex-officio
members, consultants, and/or advisers.
The Task Force is hereby authorized to call upon any department,
bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government, including
government owned and controlled corporations, for such assistance as
may be needed in the discharge of its functions.
Sec. 3. Functions. — The Task Force shall have the
following powers, functions, duties and responsibilities:
a.
Plan and implement an integrated multi-agency area development program
in coordination with the local Peace and Order Councils and the
Regional Development Council in the affected areas with the cooperation
and support of the legislators, local government executives, religious
and civic leaders, NGOs and POs;
b. Adopt a
process of maximum consultation with concerned agencies and communities
to ensure that their needs, concerns and ideas are considered in the
formulation of the socio-economic development program and the
corresponding projects to be undertaken;
c. Recommend
and coordinate the adoption or adjustment/modification of
existing/planned national and local agency programs/projects in the
area;
d. Formulate
and supervise the implementation of an integrated and well-coordinated
security and peace and order plan for the area;
e. Formulate
innovative schemes to provide opportunities for the private sector to
participate in the planning and implementation of projects in the area;
f. Act as
interim central coordinating body and undertake measures to resolve
local problems and issues that affect the socio-economic development of
the area;
g. Manage and
coordinate government resources that will be utilized in implementation
of identified priority development projects;
h. Submit
regular accomplishment reports to the President; and
i. Perform
such other tasks as may be directed by the President.
Sec. 4. Area Development Advisory Group. — There
shall be created an Area Development Advisory Group (ADAG) that shall
provide advice to the Task Force in the resolution of security and
development problems in the area. The members thereof shall also
provide linkages with the concerned community leaders and the people
affected by the MALMAR Irrigation Project and other development
projects that will be undertaken in the area. The said Advisory Group
shall be composed of concerned local government executives, community
leaders, and representatives of civic and religious groups, and other
concerned parties/affected communities.
Sec. 5. Executive Committee. — The Task Force
shall have an Executive Committee consisting of representatives from
the Department of National Defense as Chairman; Department of
Agriculture; Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of
Interior and Local Government; Department of Agrarian Reform;
Philippine Information Agency; National Irrigation Administration, as
members; and the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao; Commander,
Southern Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines; Governors of
Cotabato and Maguindanao, and selected NGO representatives as
ex-officio members. The Executive Committee shall have the following
functions, among others:
a.
Act as an executive body of the Task Force and oversee the
implementation of its programs and projects;
b. Act as an
oversight body to assist and monitor the conduct of police and security
operations and the public information and community relations efforts
of the Task Force.
Sec. 6. Executive Director. — The Commander,
Southern Command, Armed forces of the Philippines (COMSOUTHCOM) shall
be the Task Force Executive Director who shall concurrently head the
Secretariat and the Technical Support Staff. He shall have the
following additional tasks/functions:
a.
Manage the planning and implementation of Task Force operations.
b. Supervise
the day-to-day implementation of Task Force plans, programs and
projects.
c. Prepare
appropriate reports, including periodic progress reports on projects,
to the President, thru the Task Force Chairman.
The Task force Executive Director shall be assisted by a Deputy
Executive Director and the Provincial Development Officers of Cotabato
and Maguindanao who shall act as Assistant Executive Directors.
Sec. 7. Secretariat Support. — The Office of the
Commander, AFP Southern Command, shall provide administrative support
to the Task Force. It shall be assisted by representatives from the
member agencies in fulfilling its functions.
Sec. 8. Funding. — The amount of THIRTY MILLION
(P30,000,000.00), shall be drawn from the Calamity Fund for the initial
operations and priority projects of the Task Force. Appropriations for
the succeeding years shall be incorporated in the budget of the
member/participating agencies.
Sec. 9. Effectivity. — This Administrative Order
shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 8th day of November in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Four.
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