EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2 - CREATING AN
INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF, REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
AREAS AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICTS IN MINDANAO
WHEREAS,
the attainment of a just and enduring peace is imperative for political
stability and socioeconomic progress of the country;
WHEREAS, the government is committed to seek an end to the internal
armed conflicts through a comprehensive peace process;
WHEREAS, the armed conflicts in Mindanao has resulted in damaged
communities, displaced families and disruption of social life and
economic livelihood;
WHEREAS, the reconstruction of the peace process, hand-in-hand with
immediate relief, rehabilitation and community-based development
efforts in the areas affected by armed conflicts, is an expressed
policy of the incumbent Administration;
WHEREAS, the government is committed to ensure the safe return of
families and individuals affected by armed conflicts to their
communities of origin and assist them in rebuilding their
shattered lives by addressing their basic needs;
WHEREAS, there is a need to integrate, coordinate and synchronize
relief, rehabilitation and community-based development efforts in areas
affected by armed conflicts, including those of existing line agencies
and advisory bodies, in support of the government’s peace process in
Mindanao;
WHEREAS, there is a need to ensure community-based planning and
implementation for relief, rehabilitation and development in these
areas, done in close consultations with leaders of civil society, NGOs,
POs, local government units and cognizant military and police commands
and offices;
NOW THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order.
Section 1. Creation of an Interagency Committee for
Relief, Rehabilitation and Development of Areas Affected by Armed
Conflict in Mindanao. — There is hereby created an Interagency
Committee for Relief, Rehabilitation and Development of Areas Affected
by Armed Conflicts in Mindanao (hereinafter referred to as
INTERACT-MINDANAO, which is tasked to coordinate, integrate, and
implement the overall relief, rehabilitation and community-based
development efforts for areas affected by armed conflicts in Mindanao.
The Committee shall be composed of the following:
Chairperson
: President Adviser on the Peace Process
Vice-Chair : Presidential Adviser
on Regional Development
Members:
1. Director-General, National Economic Development
Authority
2. Secretary of National Defense
3. Secretary of Interior and Local
Government
4. Secretary of Agrarian Reform
5. Secretary of Agriculture
6. Secretary of Health
7. Secretary of Public Works and
Highways
8. Secretary of Education, Culture
and Sports
9. Secretary of Social Welfare and
Development
10. Lead Convenor, National
Anti-Poverty Commission
11. Secretary of Budget and
Management
12. Chairman, Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council
13. Chairman, Mindanao Economic
Development Council
14. Chairman, Southern Philippines
Council for Peace and Development
15. Governor, Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao
16. Presidential Assistant for
Special Concerns
Sec. 2. Functions. — INTERACT-MINDANAO shall have
the following functions:
1.
Conduct an immediate inventory of all relief, rehabilitation and
development effects in Mindanao;
2. Update
existing data on, and determine the status of the evacuee situation in
the areas affected by armed conflicts, including but not limited to:
the number of families involved, their current location and living
conditions, their places of origin and their most immediate needs;
3. Coordinate,
prioritize and synchronize all plans, programs and projects of all
government agencies and instrumentalities involved in relief,
rehabilitation and community-based development of areas affected by
armed conflicts in Mindanao;
4. Ensure that
all plans, programs and activities for relief, rehabilitation and
community-based development of areas affected by armed conflict support
and contribute to the overall goals of the comprehensive peace process,
including addressing the root causes of armed conflicts;
consensus-building and consultation; peace education and advocacy.
5. Consistent
with the goals of the peace process, ensure the participation of peace
partners and the larger civil society, and promote tri-people welfare
and solidarity in the relief, rehabilitation and development efforts.
6. Enlist the
participation and assistance of any office or instrumentality of
government in the performance of its functions for the relief,
rehabilitation and community-based development of areas affected by
armed conflicts in Mindanao.
7. Through
appropriate government agencies, coordinate with international donor
community in the relief, rehabilitation and community-based development
efforts in Mindanao.
8. Monitor and
evaluate the implementation of all plans, programs and projects for the
relief, rehabilitation and development efforts, and submit regular
status reports to the President on the same.
9. Perform
such other functions as may be directed by the President.
Sec. 3. Secretariat. — Secretariat support for
INTERACT-MINDANAO shall be provided by the Mindanao Economic
Development Council (MEDCO)/PA for Southern Mindanao. Personnel from
member-agencies may be seconded as needed to assist the Secretariat in
the performance of its functions.
Sec. 4. Funding. — Initial funding for the
operations of INTERACT-MINDANAO in the amount of Five Million Pesos
shall be sourced from the President’s Contingent Fund and released to
the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).
Appropriations for succeeding years shall be incorporated in the budget
of the OPAPP. Funding for the implementation of relief, rehabilitation
and development projects by individual agencies shall be drawn from
their respective appropriations.
Sec. 5. Repealing Clause. — All Executive Orders,
rules and regulations and other issuances, or parts thereof, which are
inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Sec. 6. Effectivity. — This Executive Order takes
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila this
27th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and One.
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