EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 731
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 731 - AMENDING
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1378 CREATING THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INTEGRATED AREA DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the National Council on
Integrated Area Development (NACIAD) was created under Presidential
Decree No. 1378 to promote and support the improvement, growth and
development of the countryside through integrated area development;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 708 provides that the Prime Minister shall
assume the Chairmanship of the National Council on Integrated are
Development;
WHEREAS, in keeping with the policy of the government to effect
continuing reforms, it is necessary to streamline the functions of the
Council in order to facilitate the implementation of integrated area
development projects; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, 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 No. 1416 as amended, do
hereby order and ordain:
Section 1. Sec. 2 of PD 1378 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
“Sec.
2. Creation of the National Council on Integrated
Area Development. — There is hereby created a National Council on
Integrated Area Development under the Office of the Prime Minister
hereinafter referred to as the Council which shall be composed of the
Prime Minister as Chairman, with the following as members: the Minister
of Finance, the Minister of Local Government and Community Development,
the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Agrarian Reform, the
Minister of National Defense, the Minister of Natural Resources, the
Minister of Public Works and Highways, the Director General of the
Office of Budget and Management, the Director General of the National
Economic and Development Authority and the Executive Secretary of the
Council.
The President shall designate a
Vice-Chairman from among the members of the Council who shall perform
the functions of the Chairman in his absence.
The Council may establish an
Executive Committee composed of three members to be designated by the
Chairman from among the members of the Council which shall act for and
in behalf of the Council when the latter is not in session.
A Program Coordinating Committee
shall be formed, composed of the designated senior level
representatives of the members of the Council, the Presidential
Management Staff and the National Irrigation Administration, which
shall be chaired by the Executive Secretary, The Committee shall assist
the Council in expediting inter-agency commitments to on-going and
pipeline projects.
The Council shall assume
supervision and control of all other integrated area development
projects not under its present jurisdiction, which are multi-sectoral
in nature and are primarily sub-regional and preferably
multi-provincial in geographical coverage.
The members of the Council shall
receive a reasonable amount of per diem as the Council may provide for
every meeting actually attended by them.”
Sec. 2. A new paragraph, to be known as Paragraph
(f), is added to the powers and functions of the Council provided for
in Sec. 3 of P.D. 1378 to read as follows:
“Sec.
3. (f) Generate private sector participation in
integrated area development projects and establish the appropriate
mechanism for it.”
Sec. 3. Sec. 4 of P.D. 1378 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“Sec.
4. Powers and Functions of the Chairman. — The
Chairman as Chief Executive Officer shall have the following powers and
functions:
a)
To formulate policy guidelines and approve an integrated plan of action;
b) To call and
preside over the meetings of the Council;
c) To appoint,
upon the recommendation of the Executive Secretary, the Project
Directors of the various integrated area development projects;
d) To enter
into contracts to enable it to carry out its purposes and functions
under this Executive Order;
e) To
establish a system of priorities for integrated area development and
provide the basic criteria for selecting project areas;
f) To arrange
and/or negotiate for funding from local and foreign financial
institutions;
g) To approve
requests of the implementing departments and agencies for budget
releases for projects in accordance with the integrated plan of action,
budgets and work programs approved by the Council; Provided, that such
approval shall be subject to the availability of funds in accordance
with the existing budgetary policies, laws, rules and regulations which
shall be approved by the Council;
h) To call on
any department, bureau, office, agency, or state university or college
and other instrumentalities of the Government for assistance in the
form of personnel, facilities and other resources as the needs arise in
the discharge of its functions.”
Sec. 4. Sec. 6 of P.D. 1378 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“Sec.
6. Powers and Functions of the Chief Operating
Officer. — The Executive Secretary as Chief operating Officer of the
Council shall exercise the following powers and functions:
a)
To recommend policy guidelines and submit to the Chairman programs of
work activities in consonance with the policies and plans promulgated
by the Council;
b) To
implement the coordinated plan of action for integrated are development
as formulated and approved by the Chairman;
c) To
undertake comprehensive studies concerning critical components needed
for the development of identified depressed areas;
d) To
implement on-going and proposed plans, programs and projects within the
specified areas for integrated area developments;
e) To
rationalize and systematize existing on-going and proposed community
projects in identified areas for development vis-a-vis the over-all
integrated area development plan for the specified area;
f) To
coordinate and monitor project implementation;
g) To promote
fuller local participation in planning, management and programs
execution through closer coordination with local government officials;
h) To
establish the appropriate organizational set-up to implement the
integrated plan of action to be approved by the Chairman;
i) To
formulate, adopt and implement guidelines and standards for an
efficient system of reporting and evaluation;
j) To avail of
the expertise of any particular employee, technician or group of
persons in any bureau, office or department of the government whose
services are deemed necessary for the attainment of the goals of the
Council;
k) To prepare
and submit to the Chairman administrative rules and regulations for the
effective management of the Council’s activities;
l) To hire the
personnel necessary for the operations of the Council and fix their
compensation in accordance with the plantilla and pay plan approved by
the Chairman;
m) To remove,
suspend or otherwise discipline for cause any subordinate employee of
the Council;
n) To conduct
seminars, public hearings, and/or conferences or significant issues
pertaining to integrated area development;
o) To submit
periodic financial and work accomplishment reports to the Council;
p) To perform
such other duties as may be assigned by the Council and/or the
Chairman.
Sec. 5. Two new provisions are hereby inserted
between Section s 6, and 7 of P.D. 1378 to be known as Section s 7 and 8
to read as follows:
“Sec.
7. Appointment of Other Cabinet Coordinators. — The
Chairman may appoint a Cabinet Coordinator for each new integrated area
development project. Said coordinator shall be assisted by the
Executive Secretary, who shall closely coordinate with the Provincial
Governors in integrated area development project areas. However, the
designated Cabinet Coordinators of the Bicol, Cagayan, Mindoro, Samar,
Zamboanga Projects, the Agusan-Bukidnon-Capiz Land Settlement Project,
and the Philippine Rural Infrastructure Project shall continue to
assume responsibility over their respective projects unless otherwise
determine by the Chairman.”
“Sec. 8.
Budgetary System. — To ensure the rational allocation and timely
releases of funds for specific components of integrated area
development projects the Ministry of the Budget, in consultation with
the Council, shall issue the appropriate guidelines and procedures for
budget preparations and execution.”
Sec. 6. Section s 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
and 16, of P.D. 1378 are hereby renumbered as Section s 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, respectively.
Sec. 7. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
orders, proclamations, rules, regulations, and issuances, or parts
thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this
Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 8. Separability Clause. — Any portion or
provision of this Executive Order that may be declared unconstitutional
shall not have the effect of nullifying the other provisions thereof,
provided that such remaining portions can still stand and be given
effect in their entirely to accomplish the objectives of this Executive
Order.
Sec. 9. This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 16th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-one.
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