Question & AnswerQ&A (MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 47)
The purpose of Memorandum Order No. 47 is to authorize certain senior officials to sign decisions, resolutions, and orders in appealed cases in the Office of the President to ensure just and expeditious administration of justice and reduce backlog, especially cases appealed from the HLURB.
Deputy Executive Secretary Michael G. Aguinaldo is temporarily designated to decide and sign decisions, resolutions, or orders in appealed cases.
He can sign when the decision, resolution, or order affirms the decision of the HLURB, and when denying or dismissing motions seeking reconsideration of previous decisions of the Office of the President that affirmed HLURB decisions.
He is temporarily designated to handle cases involving a conflict of interest as certified in writing by the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs.
The designation is effective for five months from August 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012, unless sooner terminated.
Section 17 of Administrative Order No. 22, series of 2011 grants this authority.
No, the designation does not preclude the Executive Secretary from exercising his powers and functions under Sections 25, 26, and 27, Title III, Book III of the Administrative Code of 1987.
Many of the appealed cases pending before the Office of the President come from HLURB decisions, making it necessary to streamline and expedite their disposition.
The order aims to address the backlog and delay in the disposition of appealed cases pending before the Office of the President.
Appealed cases refer to cases brought before the Office of the President on appeal from lower agencies or bodies, specifically including those from the HLURB as mentioned.