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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 691 |
All City and Municipal Mayors
Department Heads of Local Governments
1.
In the wake of the announced policy of the government to undertake a
nationwide Slum Improvement Program, there has been noted widespread
squatting on public and private lands by unscrupulous individuals with
the end in view of misleading government agencies into believing that
they are occupants of long-standing of such lands and therefore
qualified benefits under the above Program.
2. This
development is indicated of the failure of local, government officials,
particularly members of the Mayor's Office, Barangay Councils, and
Police Forces to implement effectively the provisions of Presidential
Decree 772 which penalizes squatting and other similar acts. This
apathy and neglect by local officials is in total disregard of their
responsibilities under the above- mentioned decree.
3. All local
government officials are henceforth directed to carry out the
provisions of Presidential Decree 772 against all squatters unless they
have occupied the land before the effectivity of PD 772, or are in
areas approved for inclusion in the Slum Improvement and Resettlement
Program pursuant to Letters of Instructions Nos. 555 and 557 as amended.
4. All
squatters, whether persons, corporations, or associations shall be
apprehended and the illegal construction they have built on public and
private lands demolished. Furthermore, they shall be prosecuted before
the appropriate court.
5. All local
officials shall be held administratively liable for failure to
implement the above Presidential Decree or for countenancing or
encouraging squatting on public or private lands.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
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