Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 201)
The main purpose of Executive Order No. 201 is to amend paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 99, to ensure that government officials or employees undergoing military training or active duty in the Philippine Army do not lose their government position or suffer any decrease in pay during their absence due to military obligations.
Executive Order No. 201 amends paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 99, dated June 14, 1937.
The key provision is that no government official or employee undergoing military training or active duty shall be compelled to lose their position or suffer any decrease in pay due to their absence in fulfilling their military obligations.
Officials or employees of the government undergoing trainee instruction, additional training to qualify as commissioned or non-commissioned officers of the Reserve Force, service in the R.O.T.C. training cadre, regular annual active duty training, or an extended tour of active duty in the Philippine Army, provided they hold a commission in the Reserve Force.
No, it specifically applies to officials and employees of the government only.
They shall not lose their government position nor suffer any decrease in pay during their absence due to military training or active duty.
Yes, it revokes Executive Order No. 162, dated September 5, 1938.
Trainee instruction, additional training for Reserve Force commission, service as R.O.T.C. student or training cadre, regular annual active duty training, and extended tour of active duty in the Philippine Army.
Holding a commission in the Reserve Force is a condition for the protection of government employees from losing their position or pay when called to extended active duty.
It was signed on April 15, 1939, in the City of Manila.