Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 774)
The purpose of Memorandum Order No. 80 is to officially concur with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) resolution deputizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), law enforcement agencies, and other governmental instrumentalities to assist in ensuring the free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible conduct of the recall elections for Mayor in Puerto Princesa on May 8, 2015.
Under Section 2 (4), Article IX-C of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the COMELEC is empowered to deputize law enforcement agencies and instrumentalities of the government, including the AFP, with the concurrence of the President.
The deputation covers the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, law enforcement agencies, and other instrumentalities of the government to assist the COMELEC in ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections specifically for the May 8, 2015 recall elections for Mayor in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
COMELEC Resolution No. 9948 (s. 2015) requested the President's concurrence in the deputation of AFP, PNP, law enforcement agencies, and other instrumentalities of the Government.
It pertains to the recall elections for the position of Mayor in the City of Puerto Princesa, Palawan scheduled on May 8, 2015.
The entities deputized include the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), law enforcement agencies, and other instrumentalities of the government.
The deputized entities are directed to coordinate and cooperate with COMELEC in ensuring the conduct of a free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible election.
Memorandum Order No. 80 took effect immediately upon its publication on April 22, 2015.
The President cites the powers vested in him by the Constitution and existing laws in issuing this order.