WHEREAS, it
is the policy to promote simplicity, economy, and efficiency in the
government to enable it to pursue programs consistent with national
goals for accelerated social and economic development, and to improve
upon the services of the government in the transaction of the public
business;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, rapidly changing conditions, both locally and abroad, call for
prompt and responsive organizational flexibility in government;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the President of the Philippines has been given continuing
authority to reorganize the National Government under Presidential
Decree No. 1416;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it would be desirable to further clarify and elaborate upon
the scope and nature of the exercise of such authority, including
relevant guidelines and standards;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, for these reasons it would be necessary to accordingly amend
Presidential Decree No. 1416.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and ordain:cralaw:red
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of Presidential Decree No.
1416 is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"1. The President of the Philippines shall have
continuing authority to reorganize the National Government. In
exercising this authority, the President shall be guided by generally
acceptable principles of good government and responsive national
development, including but not limited to the following guidelines for
a more efficient, effective, economical and development-oriented
governmental framework:cralaw:red
(a) More effective planning, implementation, and
review functions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) Greater decentralization and responsiveness in
the decision-making process;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) Further minimization, if not elimination, of
duplication or overlapping of purposes, functions, activities, and
programs;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(d) Further development of as standardized as
possible ministerial, sub-ministerial and corporate organizational
structures;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(e) Further development of the regionalization
process; and
(f) Further rationalization of the functions of and
administrative relationship among government entities.
"For purposes of this Decree, the coverage of the continuing authority
of the President to reorganize shall be interpreted to encompass all
agencies, entities, instrumentalities, and units of the National
Government, including all government-owned or controlled corporations,
as well as the entire range of the powers, functions, authorities,
administrative relationships, and related aspects pertaining to these
agencies, entities, instrumentalities, and units."
Section 2. Paragraph 2 of Presidential Decree No.
1416 is hereby amended to provide for additional sub-paragraphs, as
follows:cralaw:red
"f. Create, abolish, group, consolidate, merge, or
integrate entities, agencies, instrumentalities, and units of the
National Government, as well as expand, amend, change, or otherwise
modify their powers, functions and authorities, including, with respect
to government-owned or controlled corporations, their corporate life,
capitalization, and other relevant aspects of their charters."
"g. Take such other related actions as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of this Decree."
Section 3. A new Paragraph, as Paragraph 3, is
inserted in Presidential Decree No. 1416 to read as follows:cralaw:red
"3. Executive Orders as may be issued by the
President pursuant to this Decree shall have the effect of repealing,
amending or modifying accordingly all laws, decrees, charters,
executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and
regulations or parts thereof that are in conflict with such Executive
Orders."
Section 4. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
charters, executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules
and regulations or parts thereof that are in conflict with this Decree
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 15th of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.
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