EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 85 January 1, 1987
ABOLISHING THE OFFICE OF MEDIA AFFAIRS AND THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the abolition of the Office of Media Affairs and the Ministry of Human Settlements which served as private and partisan machineries during the previous administration fulfills the firm commitment of the new administration to use public funds for vital services to the people;
WHEREAS, it is the avowed policy of the new administration to prevent dissipation of public resources by streamlining government operations;
WHEREAS, the Office of Media Affairs has failed in its role as the information and media policy arm of the government;
WHEREAS, the Ministry of Human Settlements by duplicating the functions of other line ministries had eroded the effective, efficient and economical delivery of public service.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the sovereign will of Filipino People and the Freedom Constitution, do hereby order:
Sec. 1. The Office of Media Affairs hereinafter referred to as "OMA" and the Ministry of Human Settlements, hereinafter referred to as "MHS", are hereby abolished.
Sec. 2. The communication facilities, records, equipment, choses in action, rights and other assets of the OMA are hereby transferred to the appropriate unit and/or agency under the Office of the President.
Sec. 3. The records, equipment, facilities, choses in action, rights, and other assets of the MHS shall be allocated to such appropriate existing ministries, agencies and units and/or offices to be created as the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Human Settlements shall recommend to the President. The final disposition and final organizational alignment or attachment of the juridical entities, agencies, corporations and councils attached to, or under the administration supervision of, the MHS including their respective existing projects, appropriations and other assets shall be subject to subsequent enactments by the President.
Sec. 4. Until further orders of the President, of the Executive Secretary by authority or order of the President, incumbent personnel of the OMA and MHS shall continue a hold order capacity and receive the corresponding salaries and benefits for a transition period of not more than sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Executive Order, unless in the meantime they are separated from the service pursuant to Executive Order No. 17 (1986) or Article III of the Freedom Constitution. Those separated from the service shall receive the benefits to which they may be entitled under existing laws, rules and regulations.
Sec. 5. Funds needed to carry out the provisions of this Executive Order shall be taken from any appropriate funding source.
Sec. 6. The Executive Secretary and the Deputy Executive Secretary for Human Settlements are hereby respectively authorized to oversee the orderly abolition of the OMA and the MHS to prevent, among others, impairment of valid contracts of the OMA and MHS and to issue such rules, regulations and other issuance as may be necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of this Executive Order.
Sec. 7. Any portion or provision of this Executive Order that may be declared invalid or unconstitutional shall not have the effect of nullifying other portions or provisions hereof, as long as such remaining portions or provisions can still subsist and be given effect in their entirety.
Sec. 8. All laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 9. This Executive Order shall take effect on January 1, 1987.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of December in the year of Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-six.
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