EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 870 - CREATING AN INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, EVALUATE AND MANUALIZE POLICIES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF MINISTRIES AND OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL AS FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, there are numerous policies and regulations of central ministries, compliance of which on the part of the local governments is getting to be complicated thereby creating confusion at the local levels;  

WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to integrate efforts of central ministries in local development to achieve a more efficient and effective delivery of services:

WHEREAS, there is a need for an inter-agency consultation in the formulation of standards and guidelines, implementation of which require local government compliance.  

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;

There is hereby created an Inter-Agency Committee which shall be charged the task to review, evaluate and manualize ministries and agencies policies, rules and regulations which affect local government administration.

The Minister of Local Government shall be the Chairman of this Inter-Agency Committee and who shall provide the necessary secretariat thereto. The Chairman is likewise authorized to invite ministers and/or heads of agencies concerned or their authorized representatives to sit in the committee.

Where appropriate, the Inter-Agency Committee through its Chairman may recommend to the President the necessary measures to take to implement Section 14 of the Local Government Code.  

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of February in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three.
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