QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 71)
It renames POPCOM as the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) and changes its institutional attachment from the Department of Health (DOH) back to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), while providing for related structural and funding provisions.
Presidential Decree (PD) No. 79, as amended, created POPCOM under the Office of the President.
EO No. 188 (s. 2003) attached POPCOM to DOH; EO No. 71 reverses that by reverting the attachment of the renamed CPD to NEDA for policy and program coordination.
Because NEDA is primarily responsible for formulating continuing, coordinated, and integrated social and economic policies, plans, and programs under EO No. 230 (s. 1987). The EO aims to strengthen coordination and integration of population and development for socio-economic reforms.
NEDA is the authority primarily responsible for formulating continuing, coordinated, and fully integrated social and economic policies, plans, and programs; this is stated via the reference to EO No. 230 (s. 1987).
It directs that an Executive Director shall be appointed by the CPD Chairperson, subject to approval of the CPD Board of Commissioners, in accordance with Section 10 of PD No. 79, as amended.
The CPD Chairperson appoints the ED; the appointment is subject to approval of the CPD Board of Commissioners.
The ED shall receive the emoluments attached to the rank of an undersecretary.
The ED provides technical and administrative services to the CPD Board, consistent with the powers and duties of the ED under PD No. 79, as amended.
The budget necessary for implementation shall be sourced from available funds of the CPD for FY 2018.
For succeeding years, funding requirements must be included in the CPD’s budget proposal submitted to the DBM, subject to the budgetary process.
Section 4 states that all executive orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances (or parts thereof) inconsistent with EO No. 71 are revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.
It contains a separability clause (Section 5): if any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions not affected stay valid and subsisting.
It takes effect upon its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
It invokes Section 17, Article VII of the Constitution: the President has control of all executive departments, bureaus, and offices and must ensure laws are faithfully executed. This supports the President’s authority to reorganize/adjust attachments and structure within the Executive Branch.