Question & AnswerQ&A (MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 84)
The primary purpose of Memorandum Order No. 84 is to create a Technical Working Group (TWG) to study and review the integration of the International Passenger Service Charge (IPSC) into the cost of the airline passenger ticket and to find solutions to identify IPSC-exempt passengers at the point of sale.
The Office of the Executive Secretary serves as the Chairperson of the Technical Working Group.
The TWG is composed of representatives from the Office of the Executive Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communication, Department of Labor and Employment (Philippine Overseas Employment Administration), Department of Tourism, Department of Foreign Affairs, Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), and two representatives from the private sector.
The TWG's functions include studying and reviewing the integration of the IPSC into ticket costs and providing a solution to recognize exempt passengers, determining IT-based solutions to identify IPSC-exempt persons, coordinating with government and private sectors, engaging consultants if necessary, and performing other duties as directed by the President or this Order.
Section 5(c) of Executive Order No. 903 (1983), the Revised Charter of the MIAA, empowers the MIAA to promulgate rules and regulations governing the planning, development, maintenance, operation, and improvement of the airport and to control and supervise construction and services within the airport.
The President holds the power of control over all executive departments and is mandated to ensure that laws are faithfully executed, including overseeing this Memorandum Order's implementation.
Member agencies of the TWG are authorized to charge their current appropriations for expenses related to implementing the Order, subject to existing budgetary, accounting, and auditing rules and regulations.
The TWG must submit its report and recommendations to the President, through the Office of the Executive Secretary, within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of the Memorandum Order.
The separability clause in Section 6 states that if any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other unaffected provisions remain valid and subsisting.