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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 158 -
REACTIVATING AND REORGANIZING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WHEREAS,
the Asian economic tigers all had elite central agencies formulating,
implementing and reviewing economic policies and programs which played
an important role in setting their country’s economic course;
WHEREAS, even in the case of the United States of America, the National
Economic Council was revitalized for this specific purpose;
WHEREAS, economic policies and programs, both initiated and proposed by
Cabinet members and the President herself, must initially be subjected
to complete staff analysis and evaluated by a core economic group for
the President’s decision;
WHEREAS, the National Economic and Development Authority [NEDA] which
was intended to be such a central agency, has been burdened, under
existing laws, with various functions such as the approval of
donor-financed investments, review of government contracts, formulation
of five-year economic plans and generation of economic and social
statistics, among others;
WHEREAS, there is a need to create a clear, institutionalized economic
team carved-out from the NEDA Board to constitute the President’s core
group on economic policy;
WHEREAS, under Sec. 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of the
Administrative Code of 1987, the President has the continuing authority
to reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of the
President;
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.
The
Executive Secretary
Director-General of the
NEDA
Secretary of Finance
Secretary of Trade and Industry
Secretary of Budget and Management
Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Labor and Employment, the Secretary of Public Works and Highways and the Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas may be invited to attend the meetings of the NEDA Board EXCOM as may be deemed necessary by the Chairman.
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City of Manila, December 17,
2002
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