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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 123, July 19, 1999 ]

REPEALING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 103 AND EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 105

WHEREAS, Executive Order (EO) No. 103 s. 1999, as amended by EO No. 106 s. 1999, establishes the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Food Security (OPAFS) under the Office of the President;

WHEREAS, EO No. 103, as amended by EO No. 106, placed the supervision of the National Agriculture and Fishery Council (NAFC) and the National Agri-business Corporation under the OPAFS, and designed the Presidential Adviser on Food Security as the Chairman of the National Food Security Council and the OPAFS as the Secretariat;

WHEREAS, EO No. 105 s. 1999 transferred the NAFC from the Department of Agriculture to the Office of the President;

WHEREAS, EO No. 86 s. 1999 constituted the National Food Security Council with the President as Chairman, and mandated the organization of a National Secretariat on Food Security to provide technical and administrative support to the Council;

WHEREAS, there is a need to enhance policy and program coordination between the DA and all concerned agencies to ensure the success of the government’s agriculture and fisheries modernization program;

WHEREAS, Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of Executive Order No. 292, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, provides continuing authority to the President to reorganize his Office.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA , President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the following:

Section 1. Repeal of EO No. 103 and EO No. 105. Executive Order No. 103 s. 1999 and Executive Order No. 105 s. 1999 are hereby repealed. The supervision of the NAFC shall revert to the Department of Agriculture. The NAFC shall continue to perform its functions pursuant to its mandate.

The National Food Security Council shall be chaired by the President, and the National Secretariat on Food Security organized pursuant to EO No. 86 shall act as the secretariat.

Section 2. Transitory Clause. All planned or ongoing projects of the OPAFS are hereby transferred to the DA for review and implementation or disposition, as appropriate.

Section 3. Repealing Clause. All other executive issuances and Presidential instructions inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Section 4. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect immediately.

ONE in the City of Manila, this 19th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine.1a⍵⍴h!1

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary

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