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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 110 - DIRECTING
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE TO SUPPORT THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
PHILIPPINES IN INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF
INSURGENCY AND OTHER SERIOUS THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY
WHEREAS,
Republic Act No. 8551, particularly Sec. 3 thereof, amending Section 12 of Republic Act No. 6975, has relieved the Department of the
Interior and Local Government (DILG) of the primary responsibility on
matters involving the suppression of insurgency and other serious
threats to national security;
WHEREAS, Sec. 3 of Republic Act No. 8551 further provides that the
Philippine National Police (PNP) “shall, through information gathering
and performance of its ordinary police functions, support the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on matters involving suppression of
insurgency, except in cases where the President shall call on the PNP
to support the AFP in combat operations”;
WHEREAS, the National Democratic Front (NDF) has manifested its
intention to resume armed struggle against the government and the
Filipino people and the NDF negotiating panel has decided not to engage
in further peace negotiations with the government;
WHEREAS, as a result of the NDF termination of talks, the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has directed
the New People’s Army (NPA) to launch tactical offensives from its
“guerilla fronts” in order to “capture weapons and deal blows against
the Government”;
WHEREAS, the NPA has started to undertake terroristic activities in
several parts of the country;
WHEREAS, while the AFP elements have been deployed to contain the
insurgency problem throughout the country, there is need to continue
mobilizing government resources to protect our people from the
terroristic activities of the NPA and to preserve public order and
safety;
WHEREAS, the PNP is organized in the nature of a territorial force and,
as such, has the presence of personnel in all the provinces, cities and
municipalities of the Country;
WHEREAS, the National Peace and Order Council, in consultation with the
Chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Councils, has recommended the
utilization of the PNP in internal security operations against
insurgency.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order the following:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5. Since 19.07.98.
DONE, in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of June, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine.
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