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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 797
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 797 -
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN, AS
AMENDED
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WHEREAS, it
is necessary that certain changes be made in the provisions of Parts VI
and VII of the Integrated Reorganization Plan relative to the National
Economic and Development Authority and Regional Development
Council; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, considering that the National Economic and Development
Authority is of equal level as other departments of the government, the
head thereof should be designated a department secretary;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, with respect to the Regional Development Council, there is a
need to enhance the effectiveness thereof as, the focal point for the
coordination of regional planning and development; and
WHEREAS, to attain this, it is necessary: (1) to reconstitute the
membership of the council by allowing a broadening of its composition
whenever needed, and (2) to strengthen the capacity of the chairman of
the council for regional leadership by making him an appointee of the
President.
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 decree as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Paragraph 8, Article III, Chapter I, Part
VI, of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as adopted under Presidential
Decree No. 1 and as amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 372 and 622, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"8. There shall be a Director-General with Cabinet
rank who shall concurrently be the Secretary of Economic Planning, and
such number of Deputy Director-General as the President may determine,
with the rank of Undersecretary, who shall serve as the executive and
assistant executive officers of the NEDA, respectively. The
Director-General shall hold office at the pleasure of the President,
while the Deputy Directors-General shall be career officials.
The Secretary of Economic Planning shall preside over meetings of the
NEDA Board in the absence or inability of the Chairman to preside over
the same.
Whenever the Director-General is able to perform his duties owing to
illness, absence or other cause, or in case of vacancy in the office,
the Deputy Director-General designated by the President shall
temporarily perform the function of said office."
Section 2. Paragraph 3, Article II, Chapter I of Part
VII is amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"3. The regional development council shall be
composed of the governors of the provinces and mayors of chartered
cities comprising the region; the regional directors, of the Bureau of
Agricultural Extension and Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department
of Agriculture; the regional director of the Bureau of Public Works of
the Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications; the
regional director of the Departments of Agrarian Reform, Public
Highways, Labor, Education and Culture, Health, Social Welfare, and
Local Government and Community Development; the general managers of the
regional and sub-regional development authorities existing in the
region, if any; and a representative of the National Economic and
Development Authority; Provided, however, That the regional council may
be appropriate resolution accept other regional directors as regular
members of the council and the executive committee. Provided, further,
That regional directors who are not members, of the Council shall be
authorized to attend the meetings of and participate in the
deliberations of the council whenever matters involving their
respective functional jurisdictions are included in the agenda of the
council, in which case the council shall extend the necessary
invitation for the regional directors concerned to attend."
Section 3. Paragraph 4, Article II, Chapter I of Part
VII is amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"4. The President shall designate the Chairman of the
council from among the provincial governors and city mayors who are
members of the council, except the regional commissioners for Regions
IX and XII respectively shall continue to be chairman of the council in
their respective regions pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 742. The
Chairman so designated shall serve as such at the pleasure of the
President. The Chairman shall provide the necessary leadership in the
coordination of regional planning and development in his respective
region. He is authorized to receive additional compensation and/or
honorarium and allowances payable from NEDA funds at such rate as may
be determined by the NEDA Director-General.
Section 4. Paragraph 7, Article II, Chapter I of Part
VII is amended to include the regional director of the Department of
Agrarian Reform in the membership of the Executive Committee of the
regional development council. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 5th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-five.
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