EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 129 January 30, 1987
REORGANIZING THE MINISTRY OF AGRARIAN REFORM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
RECALLING that the reorganization of the government is mandated expressly in Article II, Section I (a), and Article III of the Freedom Constitution;
HAVING IN MIND that, pursuant to Executive Order no. 5 (1986), it is directed that necessary and proper changes in the organizational and functional structures of the government, its agencies and instrumentalities, be effected in order to promote efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services;
TAKING NOTE that the agricultural sector of the Philippine economy has been the prime mover of economic growth;
CONVINCED that the agrarian sector, in its present state, requires a thoroughgoing transformation in order to be more effective in fulfilling its primary role in sustained national development;
CONSIDERING that an expanded and comprehensive agrarian reform program is viewed by the new government as the main strategy for democratizing ownership and control of all agricultural lands;
AFFIRMING that in order to ensure...
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Executive Orders
Reorganizing the Ministry of Agrarian Reform and For Other Purposes
Executive Order No. 129
Reorganizing the Ministry of Agrarian Reform
- Declaration of Policy (Sec. 3):
• Abolish feudalism and unjust tenurial arrangements.
• Implement a comprehensive agrarian reform program.
• Increase productivity of direct producers.
• Strengthen agricultural base for industrialization.
- Mandate of the Ministry (Sec. 4):
• Acquire, value, subdivide private agricultural lands for distribution to qualified tillers, occupants, and urban poor. (Sec. 4a)
• Administer and dispose of public lands for agricultural resettlement. (Sec. 4b)
• Acquire foreclosed agricultural properties. (Sec. 4c)
• Undertake land consolidation, reclamation, forming, and conservation. (Sec. 4d)
• Compensate landowners covered by agrarian reform. (Sec. 4e)
• Issue emancipation patents to agrarian reform beneficiaries. (Sec. 4f)
• Provide free legal services and resolve agrarian conflicts. (Sec. 4g)
• Develop alternative land tenure systems like cooperative farming. (Sec. 4h)
• Undertake information and education programs on agrarian reform. (Sec. 4i)
• Conduct land use management and development studies. (Sec. 4j)
• Approve/disapprove conversion of agricultural lands. (Sec. 4k)
• Monitor and evaluate progress of agrarian reform implementation. (Sec. 4l)
• Assist in reversion proceedings for public lands illegally occupied. (Sec. 4m)
• Submit annual progress reports to the President, Congress, and public. (Sec. 4n)
- Powers and Functions (Sec. 5):
• Advise the President on executive orders, regulations, and legislative proposals related to agrarian reform. (Sec. 5a)
• Implement agrarian laws, issue legal processes, and execute decisions. (Sec. 5b)
• Establish operational policies, rules, regulations, and priorities. (Sec. 5c)
• Coordinate program implementation with other agencies. (Sec. 5d)
• Acquire, administer, distribute, and develop private agricultural lands. (Sec. 5e)
• Undertake land surveys. (Sec. 5f)
• Issue emancipation patents and make administrative corrections. (Sec. 5g)
• Provide free legal services, resolve agrarian conflicts. (Sec. 5h)
• Promote organization and development of cooperatives. (Sec. 5i)
• Conduct continuing education and promotion programs. (Sec. 5j)
• Institutionalize participation of farmers, farm workers, and advocates. (Sec. 5k)
• Approve/disapprove conversion of agricultural lands. (Sec. 5l)
• Call upon government agencies and NGOs for support. (Sec. 5m)
• Exercise other powers assigned by the President. (Sec. 5n)
- Organizational Structure (Sec. 10-15):
• Ministry Proper, Bureaus, Regional Offices, Provincial Offices, Team Offices, Action Groups.
• Services: Research and Planning, Finance and Assets Management, Administrative and Personnel, Legal and Public Assistance.
• Bureaus: Land Acquisition and Distribution, Land Development, Agrarian Legal Assistance, Agrarian Reform Information and Education, Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development.
• Regional Offices to supervise implementation in regions.
• Provincial Offices to direct and coordinate Agrarian Reform Teams and Action Groups.
• Team Offices and Action Groups for direct implementation.
- Foundation for Agrarian Reform Movement (Sec. 16):
• Administer programs and projects developed by Bureau of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development.
• Initiate alternative livelihood projects for displaced small landowners.
• Authorized to raise funds and contract loans.
- Implementation Provisions:
• New position structure and staffing pattern within 120 days. (Sec. 17)
• Prohibition against unauthorized changes. (Sec. 18)
• Compliance with notice or consent requirements for creditors. (Sec. 19)
• Change of nomenclature if new Constitution provides for presidential form of government. (Sec. 20)
• Funding from available funds in the Ministry. (Sec. 21)
• Minister to issue implementing rules and regulations. (Sec. 22)
• Separability clause. (Sec. 23)
• Repealing inconsistent laws, decrees, rules, and regulations. (Sec. 24)
• Immediate effectivity upon approval. (Sec. 25)
- Declaration of Policy (Sec. 3):
• Abolish feudalism and unjust tenurial arrangements.
• Implement a comprehensive agrarian reform program.
• Increase productivity of direct producers.
• Strengthen agricultural base for industrialization.
- Mandate of the Ministry (Sec. 4):
• Acquire, value, subdivide private agricultural lands for distribution to qualified tillers, occupants, and urban poor. (Sec. 4a)
• Administer and dispose of public lands for agricultural resettlement. (Sec. 4b)
• Acquire foreclosed agricultural properties. (Sec. 4c)
• Undertake land consolidation, reclamation, forming, and conservation. (Sec. 4d)
• Compensate landowners covered by agrarian reform. (Sec. 4e)
• Issue emancipation patents to agrarian reform beneficiaries. (Sec. 4f)
• Provide free legal services and resolve agrarian conflicts. (Sec. 4g)
• Develop alternative land tenure systems like cooperative farming. (Sec. 4h)
• Undertake information and education programs on agrarian reform. (Sec. 4i)
• Conduct land use management and development studies. (Sec. 4j)
• Approve/disapprove conversion of agricultural lands. (Sec. 4k)
• Monitor and evaluate progress of agrarian reform implementation. (Sec. 4l)
• Assist in reversion proceedings for public lands illegally occupied. (Sec. 4m)
• Submit annual progress reports to the President, Congress, and public. (Sec. 4n)
- Powers and Functions (Sec. 5):
• Advise the President on executive orders, regulations, and legislative proposals related to agrarian reform. (Sec. 5a)
• Implement agrarian laws, issue legal processes, and execute decisions. (Sec. 5b)
• Establish operational policies, rules, regulations, and priorities. (Sec. 5c)
• Coordinate program implementation with other agencies. (Sec. 5d)
• Acquire, administer, distribute, and develop private agricultural lands. (Sec. 5e)
• Undertake land surveys. (Sec. 5f)
• Issue emancipation patents and make administrative corrections. (Sec. 5g)
• Provide free legal services, resolve agrarian conflicts. (Sec. 5h)
• Promote organization and development of cooperatives. (Sec. 5i)
• Conduct continuing education and promotion programs. (Sec. 5j)
• Institutionalize participation of farmers, farm workers, and advocates. (Sec. 5k)
• Approve/disapprove conversion of agricultural lands. (Sec. 5l)
• Call upon government agencies and NGOs for support. (Sec. 5m)
• Exercise other powers assigned by the President. (Sec. 5n)
- Organizational Structure (Sec. 10-15):
• Ministry Proper, Bureaus, Regional Offices, Provincial Offices, Team Offices, Action Groups.
• Services: Research and Planning, Finance and Assets Management, Administrative and Personnel, Legal and Public Assistance.
• Bureaus: Land Acquisition and Distribution, Land Development, Agrarian Legal Assistance, Agrarian Reform Information and Education, Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development.
• Regional Offices to supervise implementation in regions.
• Provincial Offices to direct and coordinate Agrarian Reform Teams and Action Groups.
• Team Offices and Action Groups for direct implementation.
- Foundation for Agrarian Reform Movement (Sec. 16):
• Administer programs and projects developed by Bureau of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development.
• Initiate alternative livelihood projects for displaced small landowners.
• Authorized to raise funds and contract loans.
- Implementation Provisions:
• New position structure and staffing pattern within 120 days. (Sec. 17)
• Prohibition against unauthorized changes. (Sec. 18)
• Compliance with notice or consent requirements for creditors. (Sec. 19)
• Change of nomenclature if new Constitution provides for presidential form of government. (Sec. 20)
• Funding from available funds in the Ministry. (Sec. 21)
• Minister to issue implementing rules and regulations. (Sec. 22)
• Separability clause. (Sec. 23)
• Repealing inconsistent laws, decrees, rules, and regulations. (Sec. 24)
• Immediate effectivity upon approval. (Sec. 25)