EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 637
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 637 -
PRESCRIBING REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF
THE PRESIDENT
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential
Decree No. 955, organizational and administrative reform measures have
been directed to be undertaken within the Office of the President in
order to establish a more effective staff support system for the
President;
WHEREAS, a system of Presidential Assistance has been established in
the Office of the President in accordance with Presidential Decree No.
830;
WHEREAS, there is further need to clarify administrative relationships
within the Office of the President to ensure the realization of
effective coordination and integration in the internal administrative
affairs of the Office of the President; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, the President is empowered
to undertake such organizational and related improvements as may be
appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new
developments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the
authority vested in me by Presidential Decree Nos. 830 and 1416, do
hereby order and ordain:
Section 1. The Presidential Executive Assistant
shall, in behalf of the President, be Chief Executive Officer of the
Office of the President. As such, he shall be responsible for
exercising direct and immediate supervision over the internal
management of the Office of the President.
In accordance with the above, all organizational units within the
Office of the President proper, except those pertaining to the private
offices of the President and the Presidential Security Command which
shall remain directly under the President, shall report to and be under
the immediate supervision and control of the Presidential Executive
Assistant.
Sec. 2. There is hereby created the position of
Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant who shall assist the
Presidential Executive Assistant in the management and supervision of
the Office of the President in such manner as the Presidential
Executive Assistant shall determine.
Sec. 3. Pursuant to Sec. 3 of Presidential
Decree No. 955, the Presidential Executive Assistant shall provide
overall coordination in the operation of the system of Presidential
Assistants established under P.D. 831. Accordingly, he shall exercise
administrative supervision overall the Presidential Assistants
including the Chief of the Finance Office.
Sec. 4. The Presidential Executive Assistant, as
chief executive officer of the Office of the President proper, shall
have powers and functions as follows:
1.
Exercise direct supervision and control over the various units of the
Office of the President proper including their internal administrative
requirements and for this purpose, he may designate such Presidential
Assistants as may be necessary, to assist him in the performance of his
functions;
2. Exercise
exclusive authority to sign papers “By authority of the President” or
other signing arrangements of similar nature;
3. Supervise
the preparation, review or finalization, as the case may be, of
proclamations, executive orders, decrees, letter of instructions; and
sign the papers referred to in Letter of Instructions No. 342;
4. Together
with the Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant, attest Presidential
Decrees and similar Presidential issuances;
5. Determine
and assign such matters as he may deem proper to the appropriate
Presidential Assistants or units in the Office of the President proper;
prescribe and define the nature and extent of the authority that may be
exercise in connection with such assignments; and determine the
appropriate officials who may be authorized signatories for particular
types of papers, communications or similar action documents;
6. Promulgate
such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the objectives,
policies and functions of the Office of the President proper; and
7. Perform
such other functions as the President may direct.
Sec. 5. The Presidential Assistants, under the
overall coordination and administrative supervision of the Presidential
Executive Assistant, shall have powers and functions, as follows:
1.
Implement assignments explicitly given to them by the President;
2. Provide the
President with information and analysis on development within their
respective areas of competence, as well as in other areas they deem
important or which may warrant immediate Presidential attention;
3. Assist the
Presidential Executive Assistant for the effective and efficient
operation of the Office of the President proper;
4. Coordinate
and consult closely with other Presidential Assistants and Presidential
Advisers, and heads of the different line departments and agencies of
the government in the conduct of their respective staff functions and
duties;
5. Call upon
any of the units in the Common Support System of the Office of the
President proper for assistance in the performance of their technical
staff work; and
6. Perform
such other functions as the President may direct.
Sec. 6. All existing authorizations to sign papers
that have legal or substantive directory implications, including those
“By authority of the President”, “By order of the President”, “By the
President”, “For the President” or other authorizations of similar
legal nature, as well as the authority to attest Presidential decrees
and similar Presidential issuances, as are inconsistent with this
Executive Order, are hereby revoked.
Sec. 7. All laws, decrees, charters, executive
orders, letters of instructions, administrative orders, proclamations,
rules and regulations or parts thereof that are in conflict with this
Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty.
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