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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 269
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 269 -
DESIGNATING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS THE
LEAD AGENCY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the Local Government Code of 1991
mandates the transfer from the national government agencies to the
local government units the responsibility for the delivery of basic
services and facilities, together with their corresponding personnel,
properties, records, assets and liabilities, by 30 June 1992;
WHEREAS, after the devolution of responsibility from the national
government agencies to the local government units, the implementation
of the Local Government Code shall be a continuing national government
concern with the goal of developing self-reliant local government units;
WHEREAS, the process of developing self-reliant local government units
should be managed and sustained to ensure the attainment of the
objectives of the Local Government Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law and upon the recommendation of
the Oversight Committee constituted under the provisions of Book IV,
Title Three, Sec. 533, of the Local Government Code, do hereby order:
Section 1. The Department of the Interior and Local
Government is hereby designated as the lead agency in the
implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991. As such lead
agency, the Department shall:
a.
Assist the Oversight Committee to perform its functions prescribed by
the Local Government Code;
b. Conduct an
extensive information campaign on the Local Government Code and its
Implementing Rules and Regulations directed at the national government
agencies, local government units, non-governmental organizations, the
business sector, the foreign community and the general public;
c.
Conduct, in coordination with the national government agencies
involved, a sustained and continuing program of capability-building on
the part of the local government units to facilitate the latter's
absorption and exercise of their new powers and functions, as well as
their utilization of resources and funds;
d. Supervise,
monitor and facilitate, under the supervision and control of the
Oversight Committee, the actual transfer of the functions, personnel,
properties, records, assets and liabilities from the national
government agencies involved to the local government units, and for
this purpose, shall submit to the said Committee regular bimonthly
reports on the progress of such transfer;
e. Assist, in
coordination with the national government agencies involved, the local
government units in determining the administrative viability of
devolution and submit its recommendation to the Oversight Committee on
the appropriate measures to ensure the unhampered delivery of basic
services and facilities;
f. Assist the
local government units in maximizing the exercise of their powers and
functions to promote, develop and strengthen their self-reliance;
g. Monitor, in
coordination with the Civil Service Commission, any personnel action
that may infringe on the rights of devolved national agency personnel;
and
h. Perform
such other related functions and responsibilities as may be assigned by
the President and the Oversight Committee.
Sec. 2. All national government agencies and local
government units are hereby directed to coordinate and cooperate with
the Department of the Interior and Local Government to ensure the
successful and harmonious implementation of the devolution process
geared towards the unhampered and eventually much improved delivery of
basic services and facilities to the general public.
Sec. 3. This Administrative Order shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-two.
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