EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 446 January 16, 1991
REORGANIZING THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT INCLUDING ITS IMMEDIATE OFFICES, THE PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS/ADVISERS SYSTEMS, AND THE COMMON STAFF SUPPORT SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the Government should initially Filipino people expect bold, decisive reforms designed to trim the bureaucracy and streamline government operations;
WHEREAS, the Government should initially and decisively demonstrate its political will to reduce the size of the bureaucracy and streamline system and procedures by organizing the Office of the President, including the immediate Offices, the Presidential Assistants/Advisers System, and the Common Staff Support System;
WHEREAS, the President is empowered under Section 31 of Executive Order No. 292, the Administrative Code of 1987 to reorganize the Office of the President and implement the desired organizational, functional, and administrative changes in response to the clamor of the Filipino people for drastic reforms;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
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Reorganizing the Office of the President Including Its Immediate Offices, the Presidential Assistants/Advisers Systems, and the Common Staff Support System
Executive Order No. 446
Summary of Executive Order No. 446
Reorganization of the Office of the President
- The Presidential Coordinating Assistance System and the Cabinet Assistance System are abolished. (Sec. 1)
- A policy and public affairs group headed by a Deputy Executive Secretary is created under the Office of the Executive Secretary. (Sec. 2)
- This group shall be composed of the Presidential Management Staff, which shall absorb the Cabinet Secretariat, the Presidential Complaints and Action Office, and the Sectoral Liaison Offices. (Sec. 2)
- The group shall provide common staff support to the President, the Executive Secretary, and the Presidential Assistants/Advisers System in areas such as management of the development process, administrative reforms, sectoral liaison, public assistance, strategic research, and public formulation. (Sec. 2)
Composition and Role of the Cabinet
- The Cabinet shall be composed of heads of Executive Departments as provided under Section 16, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution. (Sec. 3)
- Presidential Advisers and Assistants previously appointed with the rank and emolument of a Department Secretary shall coordinate with the Office of the Executive Secretary in providing staff support to the President. (Sec. 3)
- The Executive Secretary shall schedule regular meetings of the Presidential Advisers and Assistants with the President. (Sec. 3)
- Presidential Advisers and Assistants may attend cabinet meetings at the pleasure of the President. (Sec. 3)
Implementation and Supervision
- The Executive Secretary shall implement this Executive Order. (Sec. 4)
- The Executive Secretary is authorized to oversee the abolition, consolidation, and merger of the affected offices and effect the transfer of functions and agencies from one office to another in the Office of the President. (Sec. 4)
- The Office of the Executive Secretary shall continue to exercise supervision and control over all the various offices presently under the Office of the President, including the immediate offices and the Common Staff Support System. (Sec. 4)
Compensation and Benefits
- The salary and status of the incumbent permanent officials and employees who are transferred or absorbed in the new offices or retained in the existing agencies shall, to the extent allowed by law, be maintained. (Sec. 5)
- The rules on compensation prescribed by P.D. No. 985 and R.A. No. 6758 shall govern. (Sec. 5)
- Officials and employees whose services are terminated by reason of this Executive Order shall, if eligible, be paid the retirement benefits authorized under the general retirement laws. (Sec. 6)
- Those who are not entitled to retirement benefits shall be paid a separation gratuity in the amount equivalent to one (1) month salary for every year of service. (Sec. 6)
- Such separation pay and retirement benefits shall have priority of payment out of savings of the Office of the President. (Sec. 6)
Conflicting Provisions and Effectivity
- All provisions of Presidential proclamations, orders, instructions, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are in conflict with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby modified or revoked accordingly. (Sec. 7)
- This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. (Sec. 8)
Reorganization of the Office of the President
- The Presidential Coordinating Assistance System and the Cabinet Assistance System are abolished. (Sec. 1)
- A policy and public affairs group headed by a Deputy Executive Secretary is created under the Office of the Executive Secretary. (Sec. 2)
- This group shall be composed of the Presidential Management Staff, which shall absorb the Cabinet Secretariat, the Presidential Complaints and Action Office, and the Sectoral Liaison Offices. (Sec. 2)
- The group shall provide common staff support to the President, the Executive Secretary, and the Presidential Assistants/Advisers System in areas such as management of the development process, administrative reforms, sectoral liaison, public assistance, strategic research, and public formulation. (Sec. 2)
Composition and Role of the Cabinet
- The Cabinet shall be composed of heads of Executive Departments as provided under Section 16, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution. (Sec. 3)
- Presidential Advisers and Assistants previously appointed with the rank and emolument of a Department Secretary shall coordinate with the Office of the Executive Secretary in providing staff support to the President. (Sec. 3)
- The Executive Secretary shall schedule regular meetings of the Presidential Advisers and Assistants with the President. (Sec. 3)
- Presidential Advisers and Assistants may attend cabinet meetings at the pleasure of the President. (Sec. 3)
Implementation and Supervision
- The Executive Secretary shall implement this Executive Order. (Sec. 4)
- The Executive Secretary is authorized to oversee the abolition, consolidation, and merger of the affected offices and effect the transfer of functions and agencies from one office to another in the Office of the President. (Sec. 4)
- The Office of the Executive Secretary shall continue to exercise supervision and control over all the various offices presently under the Office of the President, including the immediate offices and the Common Staff Support System. (Sec. 4)
Compensation and Benefits
- The salary and status of the incumbent permanent officials and employees who are transferred or absorbed in the new offices or retained in the existing agencies shall, to the extent allowed by law, be maintained. (Sec. 5)
- The rules on compensation prescribed by P.D. No. 985 and R.A. No. 6758 shall govern. (Sec. 5)
- Officials and employees whose services are terminated by reason of this Executive Order shall, if eligible, be paid the retirement benefits authorized under the general retirement laws. (Sec. 6)
- Those who are not entitled to retirement benefits shall be paid a separation gratuity in the amount equivalent to one (1) month salary for every year of service. (Sec. 6)
- Such separation pay and retirement benefits shall have priority of payment out of savings of the Office of the President. (Sec. 6)
Conflicting Provisions and Effectivity
- All provisions of Presidential proclamations, orders, instructions, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are in conflict with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby modified or revoked accordingly. (Sec. 7)
- This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. (Sec. 8)