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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 178 - CREATING
THE NATIONAL POLICE TASK FORCE ON PROFESSIONAL SQUATTERS AND SQUATTING
SYNDICATES
WHEREAS,
Sec. 27 of R.A. 7279 or the “Urban Development and Housing Act” (UDHA)
provides that all local government units, in cooperation with the
Philippine National Police (PNP), the Presidential Commission for the
Urban Poor (PCUP) and PCUP-accredited urban poor organization in the
area, shall adopt measures to identify and effectively stall the
nefarious and illegal activities of professional squatters and
squatting syndicates;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 129 dated 15 October 1993 entitled
“Establishing an Institutional Mechanism to Curtail the Activities of
Professional Squatting Syndicates and Professional Squatters and
Intensifying the Drive Against Them” created the National Committee
Against Squatting Syndicates and Professional Squatters to serve as an
oversight, coordinative and recommendatory body relative to the
implementation of the UDHA provisions on squatting syndicates and
professional squatters;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 129 dated 15 October 1993 likewise created
the Local Committee Against Squatting Syndicates and Professional
Squatters to serve as the implementing arm of the National Committee
Against Squatting Syndicates and Professional Squatters at the local
levels;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 159 dated 12 October 1999 declared mass
housing as the centerpiece program of the Estrada Administration and
directed the fasttracked implementation of mass housing projects which
will address the housing needs of the poor;
WHEREAS, the proliferation of professional squatters and squatting
syndicates in urban centers nationwide hamper the effective
implementation of the government’s mass housing programs; and,
WHEREAS, there is need to strengthen the capability of local government
units to effectively curtail the operations of professional squatters
and squatting syndicates.
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:
Section 1.
The Task Force shall be chaired by the Chief, Philippine National
Police (PNP) and shall be composed of elements of various law
enforcement agencies/entities as may be identified by the Chairman.
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Sec. 3.
Sec. 4. Since 19.07.98.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of November, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-nine.
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