EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 130
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 130 -
ESTABLISHMENT OF GABAY SA MAMAMAYAN AKSYON CENTERS IN THE BARANGAYS
WHEREAS,
the General Welfare Clause of the Local Government Code of 1991
mandates local government units to enhance economic prosperity and
social justice, to promote full employment among their residents and to
maintain peace and order, among other development concerns;
WHEREAS, the barangay, as a basic political unit, serves as the primary
planning and implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs,
projects and activities in the community;
WHEREAS, an Information and Reading Center is a basic facility expected
of a barangay government;
WHEREAS, access to information about government programs and services
particularly among the disadvantaged sectors of society is critical in
community empowerment, as well as in addressing poverty;
WHEREAS, poverty engenders criminality and other social ills that
affect family life, community peace and harmony and productivity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby
order:
Section 1. Establishment of GABAY SA MAMAMAYAN AKSYON
CENTERS. — The Gabay sa Mamamayan Aksyon Center shall be established in
all barangays nationwide.
Sec. 2. Objectives. — The Gabay sa Mamamayan
Aksyon Center shall be an integral part of the Information and Reading
Center. It shall serve as the institutional link between the national
government and the grassroots, ensuring the adequacy and accessibility
of quality information about national government programs and services
to the community residents.
Sec. 3. Manning of the Center. — The Gabay sa
Mamamayan Aksyon Center shall be headed by the Punong Barangay. He may
appoint, as Information Action Officers, the other members of the
Sangguniang Barangay, Barangay Treasurer, Barangay Secretary, Chairman
of the Sangguniang Kabataan, members of the Lupong Tagapamayapa, and
representatives of the Parents-Teachers Association, Association of
Senior Citizens, People’s Organizations, Non-government Organizations,
and other community-based civic groups.
Sec. 4. Support of City and Municipal Governments.
— City and Municipal Governments shall provide administrative,
technical, and financial assistance to the Gabay sa Mamamayan Aksyon
Centers.
Sec. 5. Support of National Government Agencies. —
National Government Agencies shall provide technical assistance through
the conduct of trainings, ensure the supply of agency brochures and
other reference materials responsive to the information needs of
community residents through the Gabay sa Mamamayan Aksyon Centers, and
shall promote the said centers as convergence mechanisms for government
services at the barangay level.
Sec. 6. Support of Private Sector Groups. —
Parents-Teachers Associations, Associations of Senior Citizens,
People’s Organizations, Non-government Organizations, and other
community-based civic groups, who are committed to the spirit of
volunteerism, are encouraged to provide technical assistance to the
Aksyon Centers.
Sec. 7. Implementing Issuance. — The Department of
the Interior and Local Government shall issue the implementing issuance
of this Executive Order not later than thirty (30) days upon approval
hereof.
Sec. 8. Separability Clause. — Any portion or
provision of this Executive Order that may be declared unconstitutional
shall not have the effect of nullifying the other portions or
provisions that can still subsist and be given effect in their
entirety.
Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. — All orders, issuances
and rules inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
Sec. 10. Effectivity Clause. — This Executive
Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and
Two.
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