EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 819
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 819 - CREATING
THE POSITION OF PRESIDENTIAL REGIONAL MONITORING OFFICER IN EVERY REGION
WHEREAS,
it is necessary for the President to be always on top of the major
developments in the regions;
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the decision-making process of the
President that accurate, comprehensive and timely information on
government efforts in the regions be made available at all times;
WHEREAS, there is a need for the Office of the President to establish
regional monitoring arms which will provide the President the necessary
information on the developments in the regions;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution do hereby order;
Section 1. The creation of the position of
Presidential Monitoring Officer (PREMO) in every region except in
Regions IX and XII where there exist the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook
(LTP) — Presidential Management Staff (Office of the President)
Monitoring Units.
Sec. 2. The funds, records, equipment, vehicles
and all other properties of the Presidential Regional Officer for
Development (PROD) are hereby transferred to the PREMO. The PROD funds
for Regions IX and XII are hereby transferred to the LTP-PMS Monitoring
Task Force in Regions IX and the LTP-PMS Monitoring Unit in Region XII.
The funds for the PREMO and the LTP-PMS Monitoring Units shall be
released through the PMS.
Sec. 3. The PREMO, to be appointed by the
President, and the Head of the LTP-PMS Monitoring Units in Regions IX
and XII shall serve as monitoring and action officers of the Office of
the President in the regions and are hereby placed under the overall
supervision of the Presidential Executive Assistant (PEA). They shall
report to the Office of the President through the PMS.
Sec. 4. The Chairman of the LTP shall
automatically be the Head of the LTP-PMS Monitoring Units in Regions IX
and XII.
Sec. 5. The PREMO/Head of LTP-PMS Monitoring Units
shall be assisted by Deputy PREMO/Deputy Heads (one for Region IX and
one for Region XII) who shall be designated by the President from among
the regional executives.
Sec. 6. The PREMO/Head of LTP-PMS Monitoring Units
shall regularly provide the President, through the PMS, comprehensive
reports on the major problems/issues and the status of government
programs and projects in the regions.
Sec. 7. To ascertain the status of programs and
projects, and to identify problem areas/bottlenecks, the PREMO/Head of
LTP-PMS Monitoring Units shall regularly conduct project-inspection and
initiate meetings with the regional/provincial/local officials and
target beneficiaries of government projects/programs.
If there are problems/issues in the regions which could not be solved
at the regional level and which require Presidential intervention, the
PREMO/Head of LTP-PMS Monitoring Units shall, in all cases, submit to
the Office of the President, through the PMS, his recommendations for
corrective action. He shall be tasked to institute measures to solve
the problems so identified.
Sec. 8. The PREMO/Head of LTP-PMS Monitoring Units
is authorized to call on all government offices to provide him
necessary assistance in carrying-out his
functions.
Sec. 9. The PMS is hereby directed to establish
the operational system within which the PREMO can effectively exercise
his functions and responsibilities. Mobility, rapid response, field
orientation, speedy decision-making, and effective Presidential control
shall be the guiding features of the desired system. Towards this end,
the PMS shall undertake the following:
1.
design the organizational set-up and the operational frame-work of the
PREMO; and
2. design the
PREMO operations manual that shall prescribe, among other things, be
standard operating procedures and the reporting system to be followed.
Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. — All provisions of
existing laws, proclamations, orders, decrees, instructions, rules and
regulations or parts thereof contrary to or in conflict with the
provisions of this order are hereby modified or repealed
accordingly.
This order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-two.
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