EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 82
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 82 - CREATING
THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE URBAN POOR
WHEREAS,
to focus the government effort to alleviate the plight of the urban
poor, there is a need to establish a government agency which shall
serve as a direct link of the urban poor to the government in policy
formulation and program implementation addressed to their
needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby order:
Section 1. There is hereby created the Presidential
Committee for the Urban Poor under the Office of the President. It
shall be headed by a Chairman and four (4) members, to be appointed by
the President of the Philippines. The Chairman and the members shall
serve at the pleasure of the President.
Sec. 2. The Presidential Committee for the Urban
Poor shall have the following functions and responsibilities;
(a)
To coordinate the speedy implementation of government policies and
programs for the urban poor;
(b) To set up
a consultative mechanism which shall provide a forum for continuing
dialogue between the government and the urban poor on the proper
planning and evaluation of programs and projects affecting them;
(c) To
accredit legitimate urban poor organizations for purposes of
representation in the formulation of recommendations to the President;
(d) To review
existing legislation, policies and programs of the government relating
to the Urban Poor, in consultation with the latter, and recommend
appropriate actions thereon to the President;
(e) To
evaluate post and ongoing shelter-related projects of the government in
squatter and resettlement areas in consultation with beneficiary
communities, and recommend appropriate action therein to the
President;
(f) To help
coordinate the various activities and services being rendered by
different government organizations for the Urban Poor;
(g) To plan
and monitor programs and projects for the development of urban poor
communities in coordination with agencies involved;
(h) To request
the assistance of any ministry, bureau, office or agency in the
performance of its functions;
(i) To
facilitate the funding of urban poor programs and projects both from
foreign and domestic fund sources; and
(j) To perform
such other functions as may be authorized by the President of the
Philippines.
Sec. 3. The Chairman shall be the chief executive
officer of the Presidential Committee for Urban Poor. The Chairman
shall exercise the following functions and duties:
(a)
To direct and supervise the operations and the internal affairs of the
Committee;
(b) To
establish the organizational structure and the staffing pattern of the
Committee;
(c) To appoint
the necessary administration and subordinate personnel;
(d) To
suspend, dismiss or otherwise discipline for cause any employee, and/or
approve or disapprove the appointment, transfer or detail of employees;
(e) To approve
and submit the annual and supplemental budgets of the Committee; and
(f) To perform
such other functions as may be authorized by the President.
Sec. 4. To carry out the provisions of this
Executive Order, the initial sum of FIVE MILLION PESOS (P5,000,000.00)
or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized to be
released from the National Treasury from any fund not otherwise
appropriated, and thereafter, such amount necessary for the operations
of the Presidential Committee for the Urban Poor shall be included in
the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 8th day of December in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-six.
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