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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 61 - CREATING
THE NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION COORDINATING CENTER TO
ORCHESTRATE EFFORTS OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNITS, AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE ANTI-DRUG
CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS,
the present drug abuse problem has reached a disturbing level, with
6,020 barangays affected out of the 42,979 barangays nationwide, 1.7
million drug victims reported and the illegal drug trade estimated to
have reached P250 Billion pesos in 1998;
WHEREAS, in the 1996 survey by the National Youth Commission (NYC),
seven percent (7%) of the Filipino youth aged 15 to 29 years old are
drug abusers;
WHEREAS, about seventy percent (70%) of brutal and heinous crimes
committed were reported to be drug-related;
WHEREAS, despite sustained and resolute enforcement of the Dangerous
Drugs Law, drug syndicates continue to produce, smuggle, and distribute
dangerous drugs, thereby undermining not only the peace and order
program of the government but also its efforts to improve the social
and economic condition of the people;
WHEREAS, demand for prohibited drugs continues unabated due to existing
insufficiency in public information, awareness, education and treatment
of drug dependents;
WHEREAS, RA 6425 as amended, created the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)
composed of eight (8) ex-officio members, as the policy-making and
regulatory body in the prevention and control of drug abuse in the
country;
WHEREAS, at the operation level, several government agencies are
individually participating in drug law enforcement activities,
including the implementation of DDB policies and programs, with
unsatisfactory results due to perceived weaknesses and lack of
orchestration of their efforts;
WHEREAS, in order to have a holistic approach, there is a need to
strengthen and coordinate the demand reduction and prevention campaign,
education, information, and national treatment and rehabilitation
programs of the government.
WHEREAS, the Administrative Code of 1987 vests the President with the
continuing authority to reorganize the Office of the President and to
transfer functions from one department or agency to another; and
WHEREAS, the seriousness of the drug-related problems in the country
requires the immediate establishment of a National Drug Law Enforcement
and Prevention Coordinating Center (NDLEPCC) under the Office of the
President especially tasked to orchestrate and consolidate the drug law
enforcement and prevention efforts of national government agencies,
Local Government Units (LGU’s), and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
to have a more effective anti-illegal drug campaign at the national
down to barangay levels.
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 Coordinating Center shall be manned by a Secretariat headed by an
Executive Director to be appointed by the Chairman. The Executive
Director shall possess adequate training and experience in the field of
dangerous drugs, or in law enforcement, law, medicine, criminology,
psychology or social work. He shall be assisted by a Functional Staff
composed of Administrative/Logistics Division, Intelligence and
Investigation Division, Plans and Operations Division, Community
Involvement Division, Prosecution and Legal Division and International
Cooperation Division. Selected personnel and representatives from the
different participating agencies shall be assigned to the Center.
The Chairman may call upon any government agency to render assistance
in the accomplishment of the Center’s mandated tasks and functions.
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Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine.
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