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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 295
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 295 -
PROVIDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT ON THE
INTEGRATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF)
INTO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES(AFP)
WHEREAS, a Final Peace Agreement
(hereinafter referred to as Agreement) between the Government of the
Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF), was entered into on the 2nd day of September 1996 between
Ambassador Manuel T. Yan, Chairman of the Peace Panel and Professor Nur
Misuari, Chairman of the MNLF Panel;
WHEREAS, the President, on the
2nd day of October 1996, issued Executive Order No. 371 proclaiming a
Special Zone of Peace and Development (ZOPAD) in the Southern
Philippines, and establishing therefore the Southern Philippines
Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD) and the Consultative
Assembly;
WHEREAS, the Agreement provides
that the five thousand seven hundred fifty (5,750) MNLF members shall
be integrated into the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), 250 of
whom shall be absorbed into the auxiliary services; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement further
provides that all other matters regarding the integration on MNLF
forces into the AFP not expressly covered therein shall be prescribed
by the President as Commander-in-Chief of the AFP;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in
me by law, do hereby order the following:
Section 1.
Period of Integration. —
The integration of the MNLF
forces into the AFP shall be completed during Phase 1 of the Agreement
or before the establishment of a new Regional Autonomous Government as
may be organized in accordance with Constitution.
Sec. 2.
Rules and Regulations for Integration. —
a.
The Secretary of National Defense shall prescribe the rules and
regulations for the integration of MNLF members into the AFP in
accordance with existing laws and polices pertaining to the AFP.
b. In the
interest of facilitating the entry of MNLF members into the AFP, age,
height, educational attainment, AFP Aptitude Battery Test and civil
status requirements may be waived by competent authority on a case to
case basis, subject to existing rules and regulations.
Sec. 3.
Phasing of the Integration Process. —
The MNLF integration shall be in
three (3) phases, namely: processing, individual training, and
on-the-job training (OJT) and deployment.
a. Processing
Phase.
1.
The MNLF shall initially conduct its own pre-selection process based on
the guidelines to be provided for by the AFP and shall submit a duly
authenticated list of its 5,500 principal candidates and 2,500
alternate candidates for final processing by the AFP. The MNLF shall
also submit the complete MNLF roster of personnel by units and their
location as ready reference for the AFP processing teams
2. The
processing of applicants for both officer candidates and candidate
soldiers shall start on 01 November 1996.
3. The AFP
shall provide billet and mess at processing centers for candidates
undergoing actual processing.
4. The officer
candidates and candidate soldiers shall bring along their individual
firearms as they report to their respective training centers. Those
without firearms shall be deemed disqualified and denied integration
into the AFP.
b. Individual
Training Phase.
1.
All candidate soldier shall undergo a six-month Candidate Soldier
Course. Likewise, officer candidates shall undergo a separate 48-week
Officer Candidate Course. Both courses shall start not later than 01
February 1997. The completion of these courses shall be a requirement
for enlistment or commissionship, as the case may be.
2. Training of
officer candidates shall be in one (1) batch and candidate soldiers in
three (3) batches.
3. Candidate
soldier not undergoing formal training shall be assigned to AFP
brigades/battalions nearest their areas of residence for purposes of
control,. administration, orientation training and utilization in
civil-military operations or socio-economic development assistance
projects of the AFP.
c.
OJT/Deployment Phase.
Officer candidates and candidate
soldiers who have completed their respective individual training shall
be organized into separate units (rifle or engineer companies) for
on-the-job training. These separate units shall preferably be deployed
within the four (4) ARMM provinces and Basilan and shall remain
distinct from other AFP units during the transition period.
Sec. 4.
Final Integration into AFP Units. —
a.
The final integration into AFP units of those who have completed all
the training phases shall start immediately after the OJT/Deployment
Phase. During this period, the separate units shall be dissolve and
their members individually reassigned to regular AFP units deployed
within the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility.
b. After a
reasonable period of time or as the exigencies of the service dictate,
the integrated officers and enlisted personnel, just like other regular
AFP personnel, may be reassigned to other units/areas.
Sec. 5.
Ranks and Grades of Integrated Personnel. —
a.
The ranks and grades of officer candidates and candidate soldiers
integrated into the AFP shall be subject to existing laws, policies,
rules and regulations governing the AFP.
b. Rank
precedence, seniority and promotion of officers and enlisted personnel
shall be governed by current AFP rules and regulations.
Sec. 6.
Command and Support Relationships. —
a.
COMSOUTHCOM shall exercise command, administrative and operational
control over the separate units.
b. A Deputy
Commander for Separate Units (DCSU), SOUTHCOM, to be addressed as such,
shall be appointed/designated by the President, from among the
recommendees of the MNLF, to assist in the command, administration and
control of the separate units. He shall have his own office and staff
separate from the Staff of COMSOUTHCOM.
c. The Office
of the Deputy Commander for Separate Units (DCSU), SOUTHCOM shall be
dissolved at the end of the transition period and its personnel shall
be resigned to other SOUTHCOM officer/units.
d. Separate
units deployed within the area of responsibility of deployed AFP
brigade/battalions shall be attached to the latter for purposes of
administrative ad logistics support. These brigades/battalions shall
also exercise operational control over these separate units.
Sec. 7.
Disposition of Firearms. —
a.
Applicants who voluntarily turnover their firearms shall be compensated
in accordance with the AFP Balik-Baril Project. Said firearms shall
then be accounted for as government property and may be re-issued to
them during training/deployment as members of separate units.
b. All
firearms still in the possession of MNLF members not integrated into
the military of police service shall be subject to existing firearms
laws, rules and regulations.
Sec. 8.
Funding Support. —
The AFP shall submit to the
Office of the President, through the Secretary of National Defense and
Secretary of Budget and Management, a supplementary budget of
congressional action to cover the total fund requirement to implement
this Order for the rest of 1996 and for 1997.
Sec. 9.
Miscellaneous Matters. —
a.
The AFP, in coordination with the MNLF, shall undertake a Personnel and
Equipment Survey of the latter prior to the processing phase.
b. Integrated
personnel shall be provided opportunities for further professional
training and military schooling, including foreign schooling, in
consonance with the education and training programs and policies of the
AFP.
c. The Chief
of Staff, AFP shall render appropriate reports to the President,
through the Secretary of National Defense, on the integration of MNLF
members into the AFP.
DONE in the
City of Manila, this 7th day of October in the year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.
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