Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 15)
The main purpose is to create an Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) and an Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force to suppress the drug problem in the Philippines through integrated planning, implementation, and enforcement of anti-illegal drug policies.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chairs the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD).
Members include the Dangerous Drugs Board, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Justice, Department of Health, Department of Education, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Agriculture, Department of National Defense, TESDA, Philippine Information Agency, Public Attorney's Office, Office of the Solicitor General, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Immigration, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and Anti-Money Laundering Council.
The ICAD coordinates and ensures the effective implementation of policies, laws, and programs related to anti-illegal drug efforts, including operations, advocacy, justice processes, rehabilitation, and cleansing the bureaucracy of unscrupulous personnel.
Functions include conducting anti-illegal drug operations, coordinating the National Anti-Drug Plan of Action, ensuring Barangay Drug-Clearing Program implementation, advocacy campaigns, overseeing member agencies' responsibilities, cleansing government of drug-involved personnel, and achieving government anti-drug objectives.
The ICAD is organized into clusters: Enforcement Cluster, Justice Cluster, Advocacy Cluster, and Rehabilitation and Reintegration Cluster, each with specific functions related to their focus areas.
The Enforcement Cluster conducts anti-illegal drug operations, investigations against drug syndicates, and collaborates with law enforcement agencies including the PDEA and National Anti-Drug Task Force.
The Task Force is composed of members from law enforcement agencies and is headed by a senior law enforcement officer appointed by the President. The commander reports directly to the PDEA Director General and is responsible for overall operations.
PDEA conducts regular conferences with ICAD members to monitor cluster performance. Each member submits periodic reports to cluster heads, who then consolidate reports for the ICAD Chairperson to submit to the Office of the President.
Initial funding is sourced from available funds of ICAD member agencies and other appropriate funding sources, subject to existing budgeting, accounting, and auditing laws. The Department of Budget and Management coordinates to expedite funding release.