EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 264
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 264 - OVIDING
FOR THE CITIZEN ARMED FORCE
WHEREAS,
Sec. 4, Article XVI, of the 1987 Constitution provides that: “The
Armed Forces of the Philippines shall be composed of a citizen armed
force which shall undergo military training and serve, as may be
provided by law. It shall keep a regular force necessary for the
security of the State”; and
WHEREAS, Sec. 4, Article II, of the 1987 Constitution mandates that:
“The prime duty of the Government is to serve and protect the people.
The Government may call upon the people to defend the State and, in the
fulfillment thereof, all citizens may be required, under conditions
provided by law, to render personal military or civil
service”;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:
Section 1. The Armed Forces of the Philippines shall
include the Citizen Armed Force which is hereby constituted, to be
composed of all reservists, and officers and enlisted men on inactive
status. All able-bodied citizens shall become reservists with
appropriate ranks. All reservists in a particular locality shall be
organized into reserve geographical units subject to call and
mobilization as the need arises, individually or as a unit. Reservists
called to active duty shall serve with the regular troops as part of
the standing force. The Secretary of National Defense shall prescribe
and implement a continuing program of recruitment and training for the
Citizen Armed Force to enable it to respond to all types of threats to
national security.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of National Defense shall
cause the organization of the Citizen Armed Force into Geographical
Units (CAFGUs) throughout the country and the implementation of the
reserve force development program of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines.
Sec. 3. The Citizen Armed Force Geographical Units
shall consists of cadre of officers and men in the active force and
qualified reservists residing in the locality. The cadre may, however,
be assigned to another unit in the active force while the CAFGUs to
which they are assigned are on inactive status.
Sec. 4. Whenever dictated by military necessity,
and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense and
approved by the President, the Citizens Armed Force may be called or
mobilized to complement the operations of the regular force of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines or to support the regular force
formations or units. For this purpose, Active Auxiliary Units which
shall be part of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Units, may be
utilized, to be constituted out of volunteers to be screened in
consultation with the local executives and civic/business leaders.
These Active Auxiliary Units shall mean a degree of activation of
military reservists short of full active duty status. They shall not be
vested with law-enforcement or police functions.
Sec. 5. All member of the Citizen Armed Force on
training or service shall be subject to military law and the Articles
of War.
Sec. 6. Funds necessary to implement this
Executive Order shall be taken from the applicable appropriation of the
Department of National Defense.
Sec. 7. The Secretary of National Defense shall
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to implement this
Executive Order, subject to approval by the President of the
Philippines.
Sec. 8. All laws, orders, rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 9. This Executive Order shall take effect
after Ninety (90) days following the completion of its publication
either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general publication
in the Philippines.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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