EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 19
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 19 -
CONSTITUTING THE NATIONAL UNIFICATION COMMISSION, PRESCRIBING ITS
AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, a viable general amnesty program
and peace process that will lead to a just, comprehensive and lasting
peace are priority concerns of the government;
WHEREAS, to address these concerns and the problem of bringing back the
rest of the rebels in our society to the folds of the law, there is
need to undertake a comprehensive and participative peace process which
will involve all concerned sectors of society in order to generate the
collective political will to attain peace with justice;
WHEREAS, there is a need to constitute the National Unification
Commission and prescribe its authority and functions to achieve the
said objective;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order that:
Section 1. Organization. — There is hereby
constituted a National Unification Commission (NUC) which shall be an
advisory body to the President, to be composed of a Chairman and four
members to be designated by the President, and two members each from
both Houses of Congress to be designated by the Senate President and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. The
Commission shall have a Vice Chairman, who shall be elected by the
members from among themselves.
Sec. 2. Authority and Functions. — In pursuit of
its objectives, the Commission shall have the following authority and
functions:
a.
Formulate and recommend, after consulting with the concerned sectors of
society, to the resident within ninety (90) days from its formal
organization a viable general amnesty program and peace process that
will lead to a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the country;
b. Call upon
any official, agent, employee, agency or instrumentality of the
national or local government for any assistance that may be necessary
to carry out the purposes of this Executive Order;
c. Review and
evaluate the existing National Reconciliation and Development Program
(NRDP) pursuant to Executive Order No. 103 dated 24 December 1986 with
the view to integrating the program into the general amnesty program
and peace process;
d. Prescribe
the corresponding duties, functions and working procedures of the
Technical Committee and Secretariat.
Sec. 3. Council of Advisers. — There is hereby
created a Council of Advisers which shall serve as a consultative body
on the peace process. It shall be composed of members to be designated
by the President upon the recommendation of the Commission.
Sec. 4. Technical Committee. — The Commission is
hereby authorized to create a Technical Committee and designate the
members thereof. The Technical Committee shall provide expert and
professional assistance to the Commission.
Sec. 5. Secretariat. — The Commission shall
organize its Secretariat to be headed by an Executive Director. The
Secretariat which shall be composed of persons designated by the
Chairman and those detailed to the Commission, shall provide
administrative staff support to the Commission and the Technical
Committee. The Executive Director of the Secretariat shall be
designated by the Commission.
Sec. 6. Office. — The Commission shall hold office
in the National Capital Region. Other offices may be established by the
Commission as necessary.
Sec. 7. Funding. — The Commission shall be funded
with an initial allocation of Twelve Million Pesos (P12,000,000.00),
without prejudice to the Commission submitting a supplemental budget,
all to be drawn from the President’s Contingent Fund. Appropriation for
succeeding years shall be incorporated in budget proposals under the
Office of the President.
Sec. 8. Administrative Guidelines. — The
Commission shall adopt such administrative guidelines as may be
necessary to implement this Executive Order.
The Commission may sit en banc and/or constitute itself into such
divisions or committees as it may deem necessary for the speedy,
efficient and effective performance of its functions.
Sec. 9. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately after its publication in a newspaper of general
circulation.
DONE in the city of Manila,
Philippines, this 1st day of September, in the year of our Lord,
nineteen hundred and ninety-two.
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