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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 117 -
ESTABLISHING AN INTER AGENCY TASK FORCE FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
WHEREAS, Sec. 2, Article XII of
the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines ordains that the State shall
protect the nation’s marine wealth in its archipelagic waters;
territorial sea and exclusive economic zone;
WHEREAS, consistent with this mandate, it is imperative to
institutionalize a cooperative and coordinated working relationship
among department/agencies to strengthen the present support structures
enforcing coastal environmental protection throughout the archipelago
and optimize government efforts, as government resources may permit, to
more efficient and effective levels;
WHEREAS, the Philippines Navy initiated, on localized basis, the
establishment of an inter-agency task force, TF Sagip Buhay Dagat, with
other government agencies, in Davao, for the effective protection of
our marine and aquatic resources and that the successful
experience/results gained therefrom made more manifest the need to
implement/set up the same working program, on a broader scale, to
promote a national awareness on the priority of environmental concerns,
and to insure a more effective and sustained law enforcement systems on
this regard, throughout the country;
WHEREAS, there is a need to create a cohesive coordinating body that
shall trigger the needed response to fittingly meet the constitutional,
mandate and ensure the government’s compliance thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby order:
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The Chairman of the AITFCEP shall be the Secretary of the department designated herein as a lead agency thereof.
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Thereafter, the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Philippine National Police shall take over as IATFCEP’s lead agencies.
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-three.
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