EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 152
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 152 - PROVIDING
FOR THE CREATION OF THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR UNIFICATION AND
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (NPUDC) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, a primary objective of the
Government is to pursue a genuine and lasting peace based on the
principles of a comprehensive peace process;
WHEREAS, one of the major components of a comprehensive peace process
in the provision of programs for reconciliation, reintegration into the
mainstream of society, and rehabilitation through community-based
assistance programs to address, among other things, the socio-economic
needs of former rebels, demobilized combatants, and civilian victims of
the internal armed conflicts;
WHEREAS, there is a need to formulate and implement an economic
component of national unification on the pursuit of a comprehensive
peace process;
WHEREAS, the economic component of national unification shall be
principled, fair to all concerned and shall translate economic programs
into subsequent opportunities for socio-economic empowerment;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. The National Program for Unification and
Development (NPUD). — The National Program for Unification and
Development is hereby established to coordinate and integrate an
economic component of national unification focusing on programs,
projects and efforts addressing the socio- economic needs of the
various beneficiaries;
Sec. 2. The National Program for Unification and
Development Council. — The National Program for Unification and
Development Council (NPUDC) is hereby created to coordinate, integrate
and implement the National Program for Unification and Development,
composed of the following:
a.
The Secretary
of
the Interior and
Local
Government — Chairman
b. The
Secretary of
National
Defense — Vice-Chairman
c. The
Presidential
Adviser on the
Peace
Process — Member
Sec. 3. Powers and Functions of the NPUDC Council.
— The NPUD Council shall have the following powers and functions:
a.
Formulate and implement policies, plans and component programs of the
National Program for Unity and Development (NPUD);
b. Encourage
participation of non-government organizations, people’s organizations
and the private sector in NPUD;
c. Identify
additional sources of technical and financial assistance for
NPUD;
d. Monitor and
evaluate the progress of NPUD.
Sec. 4. The Executive Director and the
Secretariat. — There shall be a Secretariat at the national level to be
headed by an Executive Director who shall also act as Secretary to the
Council.
The Secretariat shall handle the administrative, operational and
technical activities of the NPUD Council. Specifically, the Secretary
shall prepare plan and programs for the consideration of the Council;
supervise, direct and monitor for the Council the implementation of
approved policies, plans and programs as well as undertake liaisoning
and coordinating activities with the appropriate agencies of
government.
Sec. 5. Program Implementation and Coordination at
the Regional Level. — The National Program for Unification and
Development Council is hereby authorized to establish in every region a
Regional Program for Unification and Development Council (RPUDC). This
regional council shall be composed of the Chairman of the Regional
Development Council, the Chairman of the Regional Peace and Order
Council, and a third member shall be chosen by both of them in
consultation with the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. Among
themselves, they shall elect the Chairman of the Regional Program for
Unification and Development Council.
Sec. 6. Program Implementation and Coordination at
the Provincial City and Municipal Levels. — The National Program for
Unification and Development Council shall further establish
corresponding, councils at the provincial, city, and municipal levels
to be composed by the Chairman of the Development Council and the
Chairman of the Peace and Order Council who, in turn, shall together
select one (1) representative from the private sector, in consultation
with the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, as the third
member. Among themselves, they shall also elect a Chairman.
Sec. 7. Budgetary Support. — The National Program
for Unification and Development shall be funded with an initial budget
to be taken from the President’s Contingent Fund and the National Fund
in the amount to be recommended by the National Program for the
Unification Development Council and approved by the President.
Appropriations for succeeding years shall be incorporated in budget
proposal of the Office of the President.
Sec. 8. Transition Mechanisms. — Until such time
that the Secretariat for the National Program for Unification and
Development Council is fully organized and operational, the National
Reconciliation and Development Council Secretariat created under
Executive Order No. 103 (s. 1986) shall continue to provide staff
support to the NPUD Council, in the implementation of the government’s
unification and development efforts. It shall be under the direct
control and supervision of the NPUD Council.
All assets, choses in action, equipment, facilities, funds, records and
other properties, as well as the personnel of the NRDC Secretariat, are
hereby transferred to the Secretariat of the National Program for
Unification and Development Council.
Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. — All orders, rules and
regulations and other issuances or parts thereof, which are
inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Sec. 10. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-four.
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