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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Memorandum Order No. 136, June 16, 1993 ]

CONFIRMING THE STREAMLINING OF FUNCTIONS, ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS AND THE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND STAFFING PURSUANT TO MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 27

WHEREAS, Section 48 of Republic Act No. 7180 as reiterated under Republic Act. No. 7645 authorized the streamlining of functions, organization structure and staffing through the scaling down, phase out or abolition of the activities of agencies within the Executive Branch of the government;

WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 27 dated 13 August 1992 was issued to prescribe the processes and the guidelines for the streamlining;

WHEREAS, confirmation of the streamlining should be done by the President pursuant to National Budget Circular No. 427 and Section 48 of R.A. No. 7180;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby order:

Section 1. Streamlining Confirmation. The streamlining of functions, activities and projects as well as the organization structure and staffing pursuant to Memorandum Order No. 27 of departments/agencies and instrumentalities indicated in Attachment “A” as recommended by the Department of Budget and Management in the June 1993 Report on the Implementation of Memorandum Order No. 27, is hereby confirmed and authorized to be adopted in the agency operations and organizations as well as in the formulation of the agency budget proposals for CY 1994.

The Department of Budget and Management shall inform concerned agencies of the approval of specific confirmed proposals and any corresponding budgetary realignments thereof.1aшphi1

Section 2. Budgetary Sanctions. The Department of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to impose the following budgetary sanctions:

a. for those with no submission

• no filling of vacant positions for CY 1993 except where authorized pursuant to the Attrition Law (R.A. 7430)

• no hiring of new contractuals and casuals for CY 1993

• reduction in the 1994 budget equivalent to 10% (5% for SUCs) of the 1993 personal services appropriation

• no use of savings for CY 1993

• no realignment of funds for CY 1993

b. for those whose submission is pure expansion or whose request for exemption is not found valid

• no filling of vacant positions for CY 1993 except where authorized pursuant to the Attrition Law (R.A. 7430)

• no hiring of new contractuals and casuals for CY 1993

• no use of savings for CY 1993

• no realignment of funds for CY 1993

Section 3. Effectivity. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of June, in the Year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety – three.

 (Sgd.)  FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel

Reference: MO 27 Streamlining Proposals

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