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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 297
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 297 -
PROVIDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT ON THE JOINING
OF MNLF ELEMENTS WITH THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
WHEREAS, a Final Peace Agreement
(hereinafter referred to as the 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 GRP Peace Panel, and
Professor Nur Misuari, Chairman of the MNLF Peace 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 Government shall allocate one thousand five hundred (1,500)
Philippine National Police (PNP) vacancies to allow the joining the
MNLF elements into the PNP and be part of the PNP Command, and another
two hundred fifty (250) items for special or auxiliary services;
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.
Period of Joining of MNLF Elements into the PNP. — During the
transition period of three years (Phase I) of the Agreement, the PNP
shall implement a particular program to allow the joining of MNLF
elements, in the number as above-stated, into the PNP and be part of
the PNP Command.
Sec. 2.
Process for Joining of MNLF Elements into the PNP. — The joining of
MNLF elements into the PNP shall be in accordance with guidelines and
procedures under existing laws, as follows:
(1)
The PNP regional and provincial offices shall initially process MNLF
elements intending to join the PNP in accordance with standard
procedures for the recruitment, selection, and appointment of PNP
uniformed personnel.
(2) The PNP
shall determine MNLF elements who process the mandatory requirements
for joining the PNP based on standards set by RA 6975 (An Act
Establishing the Philippine National Police Under a Reorganized
Department of the Interior and Local Government, and for Other
Purposes) and by pertinent rules and regulations.
(3) Qualified
MNLF elements who complete the recruitment and selection process shall
be appointed to positions in the PNP in accordance with their
qualifications and pursuant to existing procedures.
(4) The
processing of MNLF elements for the abovementioned purpose shall
commence on November 1, 1996.
Sec. 3.
Training of MNLF Elements who joined the PNP. — MNLF elements who have
been appointed to positions in the PNP will be sent to PNP Training
Centers in Mindanao to undergo Police Basic Training for six (6)
months. The Police training programs for these MNLF elements shall be
as prescribed by existing laws and rules and regulations, and shall be
conducted by the MNLF.
Sec. 4.
Disposition of Firearms. — Applicants who voluntarily turn over 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 the PNP units. All firearms still in the possession of MNLF
members not turned over to the government as above prescribed, just
like those possessed by other citizens, shall be subject to existing
firearms laws, rules and regulations.
Sec. 5.
Deployment of MNLF Elements who joined PNP. — The deployment of
qualified MNLF elements who have joined the PNP and after due training,
shall be determined in accordance with existing rules and regulations.
Sec. 6.
Funding Support. — Funding requirement for the implementation of this
Order shall be sourced from the current appropriation of the Philippine
National Police or other sources to be determined by the Department of
Budget and Management.
Sec. 7.
Rules and Regulations. — The detailed rules, procedures or rules and
regulations implemental of this Administrative Order regarding the
recruitment, selection, appointment, training, and deployment of MNLF
elements who will join the PNP shall be prescribed by the latter in
accordance with the policies of the National Police Commission.
Sec. 8.
Periodic Reports. — The PNP Director-General shall submit regular
reports to the President, through the Secretary of the Department of
the Interior and Local Government, on the joining of MNLF elements into
the PNP.
DONE in the
City of Manila, this 15th day of October in the year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.
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