QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 51)
RA No. 51 authorizes the President to reorganize, within one year from its approval, the different executive departments and other government instrumentalities to promote simplicity, economy, and efficiency in the establishment of the free and independent Republic.
The President of the Philippines is authorized to effect the reorganization by executive order.
The authority may be exercised within one (1) year from the date of approval of the Act.
The reorganization must be within the limits of the total authorized appropriation for the fiscal year 1947.
The Act covers executive departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and other instrumentalities of the Government, including corporations owned or controlled by the Government.
The President may diminish, add to, or abolish existing units; create new ones; consolidate related undertakings; transfer functions; transfer appropriations, equipment, property, records, and personnel; eliminate duplicated services or authorize new ones; classify, combine, split, or abolish positions.
Yes. The President may classify, combine, split, or abolish positions; and transfer personnel and reorganize staffing to achieve economy and efficiency.
They shall not lose their civil service eligibility for ten (10) years from the date of separation.
Preference in appointment shall be given to those separated due to the reorganization, in accordance with the recommendation of the Commissioner of Civil Service.
Yes. Any action taken by the President pursuant to the Act must be immediately reported to Congress.
They are valid and subsisting until Congress provides otherwise.
It must be effected through executive order.
No. The President’s reorganizations are valid upon action by executive order, with mandatory immediate reporting to Congress; they remain effective until Congress intervenes.
The Act directs reorganizations to meet exigencies of establishing the Republic’s free and independent government and to promote simplicity, economy, and efficiency.
It authorizes transferring functions, appropriations, equipment, property, records, and personal from one department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality to another.