QuestionsQuestions (LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1101)
To define and regulate the administrative relationships of Presidential Assistants with the Presidential Executive Assistant (PEA) and the Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant (DPEA), particularly regarding internal office management and external communications.
Presidential Decree No. 955, as supplemented by Executive Order No. 637.
The Presidential Executive Assistant, the Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant, the Chief, Finance Office, and all Presidential Assistants.
Yes. The instruction explicitly includes the Chief, Finance Office among those covered as “Presidential Assistants (including the chief, Finance Office).”
They must coordinate and work closely with the PEA and DPEA, especially regarding internal administrative requirements.
They must work under the immediate supervision and control of the Presidential Executive Assistant.
They must course through the PEA, or in his absence, the DPEA, all external directives/communications to other government officials/agencies or to private parties, unless specifically authorized by the President.
When the communication is specifically otherwise authorized by the President.
They must periodically inform the PEA (and by implication coordinate with the DPEA as applicable) of the status and progress of staff activities and work assignments, especially where there are external inter-agency relationships.
The Presidential Executive Assistant.
They must cooperate in every way possible with the PEA to maintain effective coordination and direction of staff work for the President.
The message must be coursed through the Presidential Executive Assistant; if the PEA is absent, through the Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant—unless the President specifically authorizes otherwise.
Internal operations are under the immediate supervision and control of the PEA, while external communications must generally pass through the PEA/DPEA as a controlled channel.
It operates as a specific instruction/supplementary administrative directive to implement or clarify relationships and procedures under those broader authorities.
It centralizes control by requiring external directives/communications to go through the PEA or DPEA, thereby limiting direct outreach by Presidential Assistants.
Periodically, and especially when their assignments involve external coordinative relationships with other government agencies.