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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 40 -
CREATING SPECIAL TASK FORCE "PAGBABALIK TULONG" TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS
POSED BY THE DEPORTATION OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENS FROM SABAH
WHEREAS, the deportation of an increasing
number of Philippine citizens from Sabah has given rise to serious and
pressing concerns which require immediate intervention by the National
Government, and necessitate concerted action and coordination between
national government agencies and local government units to be
effectively addressed;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to create an inter-departmental task
force to ensure maximum cooperation among the concerned national
government agencies and local government units to insure responsive and
timely delivery of essential government services on behalf of returning
and displaced Philippine citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, I GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
create Task Force "Pagbabalik Tulong" (the "Task Force Pagbabalik
Tulong") to be chaired by the Presidential Adviser on Muslim
Communities, and composed of the heads of the following agencies:
a.
Department of Foreign Affairs
b. Department
of Social Welfare and Development
c. Department
of Labor and Employment
d. Department
of Health
e. Department
of Interior and Local Government
f. Department
of National Defense
g. Philippine
National Police
h. Department
of Justice (Bureau of Immigration)
i. Local
Government unit concerned.
Section 1. Task Force Pagbabalik Tulong shall have
the following primary functions.
1. To ensure maximum coordination and cooperation
between the concerned national government agencies and local government
units to address the requirements of the deportees, and to show the
concern of the national government for the well-being of our returning
countrymen;
2. To ensure adequate humanitarian facilities and
social support services, to include the reception, classification,
alternate livelihood, temporary shelter, including transportation of
Philippine citizens from Sabah to their respective places of origin or
domicile;
3. To provide adequate health services to deportees
as may be necessary upon their arrival in the Philippines;
4. To facilitate the documentation of those who wish
to return to Malaysia, upon compliance with the pertinent immigration
laws, rules and regulations of that country;
5. To arrange for adequate security while returning
deportees are in transit, upon their arrival in the country, and during
their reception and processing at designated government processing
centers;
6. To submit periodic reports and recommendations to
the Office of the President; and
7. To perform such other tasks as may be assigned by
the President.
Sec. 2. Effectivity.— This Administrative Order
shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Two.
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