Prescribing the Effective Implementation of the National Civil Action Programs of the Government as an Amendment to Executive Order No. 972 Further Amending Executive Order No. 767.

Case Overview and Summary

Summary of Executive Order No. 1004

Definition of Terms (Section 1):
- Projects: Funded under the National Infrastructure Program, except foreign-assisted projects.
- Administrative supervision: Management of the project, including control, evaluation, assessment, payment, and reporting.
- Technical supervision: Planning, design, and construction supervision aspects of the project.
- Project implementation: Physical execution of the project.

Roles of Participating Agencies (Section 2):

Local Government Units (LGUs):
- Implement their respective projects within their capabilities and performance records, subject to existing policies, rules, and regulations. (Section 2a)

Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH):
- Responsible for the planning and design phases of the projects of LGUs. (Section 2b(1))
- Exercise technical supervision in the implementation of the projects by LGUs. (Section 2b(2))
- In areas with unfavorable security conditions, MPWH may secure assistance from the AFP and enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the MOND for the AFP to participate in project execution, including:
    a) Determining the project site, in coordination with local project selection committees and Members of the Batasang Pambansa. (Section 2b(3)(a))
    b) Construction, rehabilitation, betterment, and improvement of barangay roads, school buildings, rural water supply, and communal irrigation systems. (Section 2b(3)(b))
- Avail itself of the services of the RUCs in monitoring projects and investigating anomalies, and filing administrative and/or criminal cases against those responsible. (Section 2b(4))

Ministry of National Defense and Armed Forces of the Philippines (MOND/AFP):
- Evaluate the selected projects against prevailing security conditions and establish the priority of implementation on a barangay basis. (Section 2c(1))
- Exercise administrative supervision in the implementation by LGUs of the selected projects. (Section 2c(2))

Priority Areas (Section 3):
- Priority in the implementation of projects shall be in Regions XI, X, IX, and XII, in that order, and in such other areas as may be determined by the President of the Philippines on a case-to-case basis.

Funding (Section 4):
- Funding shall be in accordance with existing laws, rules, and regulations, provided that inter-agency fund transfers shall be covered by Memoranda of Agreement pursuant to this Executive Order.

Implementing Rules and Regulations (Section 5):
- The Minister of National Defense and the Minister of Public Works and Highways are authorized to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Executive Order, subject to the approval of the President of the Philippines.

Repealing Clause (Section 6):
- All Executive Orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any provision of this Executive Order, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Effectivity (Section 7):
- This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.