EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 135
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 135 - MANDATING
THE STREAMLINING OF THE NAYONG PILIPINO FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
WHEREAS,
the Nayong Pilipino Foundation, Inc. through Presidential Decree No.
37, issued on May 21, 1969 was created primarily to promote Philippine
Art and Culture, aims principally to undertake, promote, encourage and
initiate the development of projects in social sciences and humanities
and established parks and recreation centers for the promotion of
tourism;
WHEREAS, the NPF encountered financial difficulties constraining its
performance or corporate mandates, adversely affecting its programs and
projects to enshrine the rich National Heritage of the Filipino through
the authentic depiction of customs and traditions of natural and
historical legacies;
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees per Resolution No. 65-122297, in line
with the government’s thrust to streamline the bureaucracy, approved to
reduce its manpower complement from 214 plantilla positions to only 88
positions;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sec. 29, Chapter 5, Book V, Executive Order No.
292, series of 1987, an entity can reduce its workforce when it has no
more fund to sustain its operations; and,
WHEREAS, consistent with Sec. 77, 78 and 79 of Republic Act No.
8745, the General Appropriations Act of 1999, the President has been
authorized to direct the reorganization of any department or agency
and/or the scaling down or phasing out of their activities, as may be
necessary;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested on me by law, do
hereby order the streamlining of the NPF, as follows:
Section 1. Objectives. — The streamlining shall be
taken within the overall context of redeveloping the area and improve
the quality of service the park offers to the public. It is aimed to
improve NPF operations to enable the agency to become more purposive in
the pursuance of its visions and goals.
Sec. 2. Refocusing of Operations. — NPF envisions
a total Cultural Park and a living microcosm of Philippine culture,
tradition and natural legacies, where a visitor may see a virtual image
of the actual region, its traditional festivals, customs and ways of
life. To attain the mission/vision of NPF and a well maintained
cultural park, the strategy to encourage linkages with local government
units and with business partners who can contribute to the
redevelopment of the cultural park will be adopted.
Sec. 3. Organization and Staffing Modification. —
On the basis of the agency’s refocusing of core functions, the NPF
shall be authorized to realign operations, reorganize or modify its
structure to come up with a more responsive, effective and efficient
organizational machinery to implement government policies, plans and
programs for the promotion of Philippines culture and arts. The NPF
shall likewise realign its positions or staffing pattern corresponding
to the new structure. Within the context of the recommendation of the
Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the NPF shall be allowed
only with eighty-eight (88) positions. The NPF restructuring and
staffing modification shall be subject to the approval of the DBM.
Sec. 4. Early Retirement Incentive Package (ERIP).
— An ERIP shall be provided to those who may want to voluntarily retire
or separated from the service to pave the way for streamlining; those
whose positions will be phased-out or declared redundant as a result of
the streamlining; and those whose qualification will not reach the
government standards. The ERIP shall cover all regular employees of the
NPF who have rendered at least one year of continuous service with the
agency.
Sec. 5. Transitory Provisions. — The following
provision shall serve to guide implementation in the interim period:
1.
The incumbent officials and employees of the NPF shall continue to
exercise their respective functions, duties and responsibilities with
corresponding benefits and privileges unless and until otherwise
ordered by the Executive Director.
2. Employees
who may opt to reject assignments or appointments in the new realigned
positions shall receive retirement benefits to which they may be
entitled to receive under existing laws. Otherwise, they may be paid
the equivalent of one month for every year of service, computed based
on the highest salary received pursuant to RA No. 6656.
Sec. 6. Funding. — A funding assistance will be
provided by the National Government to NPF for the purpose of ERIP. The
fund shall be taken from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund of
the 1999 General Appropriations Act. To achieve programming of the
fund, the release of the financial assistance shall be on reimbursement
scheme and only after the DBM has approved the NPF’s streamlining
proposal.
Sec. 7. Reporting Requirement and Timetable. — In
fulfillment of the above provisions, the NPF shall submit its
compliance to the President through the DBM within 90 days from the
date of the effectivity of this Executive Order.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect one day after its publication in a newspaper of national
circulation.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 31st day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine.
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