Memorandum Order No. 44




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Order No. 44, November 26, 2001 ] APPROVING THE NATIONAL INTERNAL SECURITY PLAN AND DIRECTING ALL CONCERNED AGENCIES TO COMPLY WITH AND IMPLEMENT THE PLAN WHEREAS, by virtue of Executive Order No. 21, dated June 19, 2001, a coordinative and integrative system on internal security was created and the Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security was constituted; WHEREAS, Section 2 of Executive Order No. 21, dated June 19, 2001, provides that the Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security shall formulate a National Internal Security Plan to implement the “Strategy of Holistic Approach” taking into account the statutory mandates of the departments and agencies and their pertinent plans and programs; WHEREAS, the Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security has formulated the National Internal Security Plan.1aшphi1 NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby approve the National Internal Security Plan (Annex “A”) formulated by the Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security. All concerned departments and agencies are hereby directed to comply with and implement the National Internal Security Plan. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately upon approval. City of Manila, November 26, 2001. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO By the President: (Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation