EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 115
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 115 -
REORGANIZING THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND DEFINING ITS MEMBERSHIP,
FUNCTION, AND AUTHORITY AND OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
the formulation and adoption of integrated and rationalized national,
foreign, military, political, economic, social and educational
policies, programs, and procedures are vital to the security of the
state;
WHEREAS, it is therefore, in the national interest that an agency exist
purposely to formulate and adopt policies, programs, and procedures on
all matters pertaining to or affecting the national security so that
judgments and actions thereon by the President may rest on sound advice
and accurate information.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby order and direct:
Section 1. The National Security Council (hereinafter
referred to as the NSC) is hereby reorganized. It shall henceforth be
composed of the President, the Vice-President and Minister of Foreign
Affairs, the Executive Secretary, Minister of National Defense,
the Minister Justice, the Minister of Labor and Employment, the
Minister of Local Government, the National Security Director, the Chief
of Staff of the New Armed Forces of the Philippines, and such other
government officials and private citizens as the President may
designate from time to time.
Sec. 2. The NSC shall have an Executive Committee
composed of the President, the Vice-President and Minister of Foreign
Affairs, the Executive Secretary, the Minister of National Defense, the
National Security Director, the Chief of Staff of the New Armed Forces
of the Philippines and such other members or advisers as the President
may designate from time to time.
The Executive Committee shall review national security and defense
problems and formulate positions and/or solutions for consideration by
the NSC. It shall determine the agenda and order of business of the
NSC, and shall ensure that decisions of the NSC are clearly
communicated to the agencies involved. It shall advise the President on
the implementation of decisions.
To carry out the functions of the Executive Committee, the Chairman
shall utilize the facilities and expertise of any of the government
agencies and instrumentalities and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to govern the operation of the Executive Committee.
Sec. 3. The NSC shall be the lead agency of the
government for coordinating the formulation of policies, relating to or
with implications on the national security.
Sec. 4. The President shall preside over the
meetings of the NSC and the Executive Committee: Provided, that in
his/her absence, he/she may designate a member of the council to so
preside in his/her stead.
Sec. 5. The Council shall have a permanent
Secretariat which shall under the supervision and control of the
National Security Director. The National Security Director shall be
assisted by a Deputy who, like the National Security Director, shall be
appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the President. The National
Security Director shall attend and participate in meetings of the
Cabinet and have the privileges of a member thereof.
Sec. 6. The National Security Director, in
conjunction with the Minister of Budget and management, is hereby
authorized to organize the Secretariat, prepare its plans, budget,
staff and personnel. The National Security Director shall likewise
promulgate the rules and regulations to govern the operation of both
the Council and the Secretariat: Provided, that the said budget and
staffing pattern and the rules and regulations shall be effective only
upon their approval by the President.
Sec. 7. Among other duties, the National Security
Director shall advise the President on matters pertaining to national
security and, whenever directed by the President, to see the
implementation of decisions and policies adopted by the President
and/or the National Security Council which have implementations on
national security.
Sec. 8. In addition to such specific duties and
responsibilities as the President may direct, it shall be the duty of
the NSC —
1.
to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic,
foreign, military, political, economic, social, and educational
policies relating to the national security so as to enable all
concerned ministries, departments, and agencies of the government to
meet more effectively, problems and matters involving the national
security;
2. to evaluate
and analyze all information, events, and incidents in terms of the
risks they pose or implications upon and/or threats to the overall
security and stability of the nation, for the purpose of recommending
to the President appropriate responses thereto and/or action
thereon;
3. to
formulate and coordinate the implementation of policies on matters of
common interest to the various ministries, departments, and agencies of
the government concerned with the national security, and to make
recommendations to the President in connection therewith;
4. to insure
that policies adopted by the NSC on national security are effectively
and efficiently implemented;
5. to make
such recommendations and/or render such other reports as the President
may from time to time direct.
Sec. 9. The National Intelligence Coordinating
Agency (NICA), as now organized and existing shall give support and
assistance to the NSC.
Sec. 10. All provisions of PD 1498 on the National
Security Council of the New Society and all other laws, decrees,
executive orders, letters of instructions, and like edicts which are
inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed.
Sec. 11. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-six.
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