EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 230
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 230 - CREATING
A NATIONAL SECRETARIAT OF THE NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK
I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1. The Secretaries of the Department of
Justice, Interior and Local Government and Social Welfare and
Development; the Directors of the Bureau of Corrections, of Jail
Management and Penology, the Probation Administrator and the Chairman
of the Board of Pardons and Parole, and an appropriate number of
representatives from the private sector, representing the media, the
concerned national and major academic, civic and religious
organizations, shall compose the National Secretariat for the
celebration of the “National Correctional Consciousness Week.” The
Judiciary, the Legislature and the Commission on Human Rights shall be
encouraged to participate.
Sec. 2. The National Secretariat shall be
responsible for the formulation of a national plan of activities, and
for encouraging and coordinating with local groups for the celebration.
Sec. 3. The Secretariat is authorized to call
directly on other departments, bureaus, offices, and other
instrumentalities or agencies of the government and to encourage active
participation and involvement of the private sectors in the
accomplishment of the above tasks.
Sec. 4. The annual theme of the celebration shall
be explored by means of print, radio and TV media, lectures, symposia,
conferences, seminars, congresses, and other fora.
Sec. 5. The occasion shall promote activities that
will improve the living conditions, basic services to and
administration of offenders, including their rehabilitation and
reintegration and safeguarding programs.
Sec. 6. Corresponding awards shall be given to
outstanding organizations, groups and individuals who have excelled and
contributed considerably to enhancing and promoting the well-being of
the correctional system in general and the offenders in
particular.
Sec. 7. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety five.
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Since 19.07.98.