EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 197
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 197 - CREATING
A PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO PLAN FOR AND DEVELOP A GROWTH CORRIDOR
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION TO THE PROVINCES OF RIZAL, LAGUNA AND
QUEZON (METRO MANILA-RIZAL-LAGUNA-QUEZON OR MARILAQUE GROWTH AREA)
WHEREAS, there is a need to
fast-track the implementation of programs and projects to facilitate
the development of the area from the National Capital Region to the
Provinces of Rizal, Laguna and Quezon to decongest Metro Manila and
provide a growth link between Metro Manila the provinces of Rizal,
Laguna and Quezon; and,
WHEREAS, toward the integrated and harmonized development of the Metro
Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon or MARILAQUE Growth Area, there is a need to
rationalize existing activities in these areas as well as to involve
other government and non-government entities in the development efforts
to achieve complementation of land use for these areas and the
maximization of government’s limited resources.
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 the following:
Section 1. Creation of the Presidential Commission To
Plan for and Develop a Growth Corridor From the National Capital Region
to the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, and Quezon (Metro
Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon or MARILAQUE Growth Area). — There is hereby
created a Presidential Commission to Plan for and Develop a Growth
Corridor from the National Capital Region to the Provinces of Rizal,
Laguna and Quezon, hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”, which
shall be responsible for the orchestration and the coordination of
development efforts for the Metro Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon or
MARILAQUE growth area.
Sec. 2. Composition. — The Commission shall be
chaired by the Chairman, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating
Council, and Co-chaired by Secretary Renato De Villa as Cabinet Officer
for Regional Development for Region IV. Its members shall be composed
of the following:
a.
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary, representing the Office of the
Executive Secretary;
b. Deputy
Director General, National Economic and Development Authority;
c.
Undersecretary, Department of Public Works and Highways;
d.
Undersecretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources;
e.
Undersecretary, Department of Agrarian Reform;
f.
Undersecretary, Department of Trade and Industry;
g.
Undersecretary, Department of Interior and Local Government;
h. Head,
Presidential Management Staff;
i. Concerned
Local Government Executives to be identified by the Commissioner; and,
j. Three (3)
representatives in the private sector/non-government organizations to
be recommended by the Commission and appointed by the
President.
The government representatives in the Commission shall serve in an
ex-officio capacity.
Sec. 3. Functions and Responsibilities. — The
Presidential Commission shall:
a.
Prepare an inventory of all existing and proposed land use plans,
programs and projects from the National Capital Region to the Provinces
of Rizal, Laguna and Quezon;
b. Review
existing development plans, as formulated by the Human Settlements
Development Corporation for Lungsod Silangan, for the development of
Lungsod Silangan;
c. Based from
the inventory, identify the potential growth areas which shall spur the
development of the growth corridor from the National Capital Region to
the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna and Quezon;
d. Cause the
preparation of an integrated development plan for the identified growth
area which shall consider and include the development of the area’s
agro-industry, housing, tourism, environment, natural resources and
other investment activities, among others, for implementation by
concerned government agencies or by the private sector, on a
build-operate-transfer or other innovative schemes as may be
recommended by the Commission to the President.
In the preparation of the Plan,
the Commission shall utilize existing studies and recommendations of
government and non-government agencies which have been involved in the
planning and development of the areas from the National Capital Region
to the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna and Quezon;
e. Adopt a
process of maximum consultation with the local government units
concerned and all interest groups in the localities to ensure that
their needs, concerns and ideas are considered in the formulation and
implementation of plans and development programs and projects;
f. Ensure a
fast-tracked implementation of the Integrated Development Plan for the
growth area;
g. Identify
sources of fund, both local and foreign, which may be used for the
implementation of development programs and projects for the growth area;
h. Act as the
central coordinating body on matters pertaining for the growth corridor
and the growth area and as the issue-resolution body on any problems
and issues which may arise in the formulation of the integrated
development plan or in its implementation; and,
i. Recommend
to the appropriate Sanggunians such ordinances and measures as may be
necessary to attain the objectives of the Plan, as approved by the
President.
Sec. 4. Secretariat Support. — The Commission
shall be assisted by a full time Secretariat which shall be headed by
an Executive Director to be appointed by the President as recommended
by the Chairman of the Commission.
The Secretariat shall have such number of personnel as may be necessary
for the efficient and effective performance of the Commission’s
functions.
Sec. 5. Funding. — Funding for the Commission’s
operations for the years 1994 and 1995 shall come from the President’s
Contingent Fund, the amount for which shall be recommended by the
Commission. Appropriations for succeeding years shall be incorporated
in the budget of the Office of the President.
Expenditures of the Commission related to the development of Lungsod
Silangan shall be sourced from the unobligated portion of the interest
earnings of the Human Settlements Development Corporation-Kilusang
Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran-Processing Center Authority Trust Fund.
Sec. 6. Repealing Clause. — All Existing
Presidential Orders (M.O. No. 191 dated 12 February 1994 and A.O. No.
120 dated 03 March 1994) and other Presidential Directives covering
Metro Manila and the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna and Quezon shall remain
in effect, except for portions thereof which are inconsistent with this
order.
Sec. 7. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 29th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Four.
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