EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 142 December 10, 1993
TRANSFERRING SOME PROJECTS OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (SPDA) TO THE AUTONOMOUS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO
WHEREAS, Article III (section 9) of Republic Act No. 6734 otherwise known as the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) provides that the Autonomous Region shall provide manpower training programs, create livelihood and job opportunities, allocate equitable preferential rights to its inhabitants and adopt laws that will safeguard the right of worker;
WHEREAS, the Oversight Committee created under Republic Act No. 6734 for the purpose of supervising the transfer of powers and functions of certain government line agencies, recommends that the projects of the Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) be transferred to the Autonomous Regional Government of the ARMM.
WHEREAS, during the 12th Oversight Committee Meeting, the members thereof agreed through a resolution to endorse to the President the issuance of an Executive Order transferring the five (5) projects of the SPDA including its personnel to the Autonomous Regional Government of the ARMM.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Sec. 1. Transfer of Projects. The following projects of the Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) shall be transferred to the Autonomous Regional Government (ARG) of the ARMM within fifteen (15) days upon the effectivity of this Executive Order:
a. Kapatiran Agro-Industrial Cooperative Settlements;
b. Maguindanao Integrated Development Project (MIDP);
c. Lake Buluan Development Project (LBDP);
d. Lake Lanao Fish Cage Culture Project; and
e. Integrated Marine Fisheries Development Project.
The SPDA shall turn-over the above-named projects to the Autonomous Regional Government of the ARMM and the total amount of investments transferred shall be written-off from the corporate books of the SPDA.
Sec. 2. Creation of a Regional Committee. At the regional level, the SPDA and the ARG of the ARMM shall create a joint committee for the detailed inventory, appraisal and the eventual transfer of the projects including its personnel to the Autonomous Regional Government of the ARMM.
The joint SPDA - ARMM Committee created by virtue of this Executive Order shall submit a report to the Oversight Committee of the detailed appraisal of each project including the inventory of personnel that shall be transferred.
Sec. 3. Transfer of Personnel. All personnel of the above-named projects shall be absorbed by the ARG of the ARMM, effective from time the transfer of the projects is effected.
Sec. 4. Transition Period. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, there shall be a transition period of fifteen (15) days within which the transfer of the aforementioned projects, together with its personnel shall be completed.
The actual transfer shall be carried at the level of the Regional Governor of the ARMM and the Head of the SPDA within the period herein provided.
Sec. 5. Separability Clause. If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Executive Order shall be held unconstitutional, those that are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.
Sec. 6. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days following publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and one newspaper of national publication.
DONE, in the City of Manila, this 10th day of December in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-three.
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