Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 116)
The primary purpose of Executive Order No. 116 is to declare portions of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) property, specifically Camp Claudio in Parañaque City and Camp Atienza in Quezon City, as socialized housing sites and provide for their disposition to qualified occupants and beneficiaries.
Portions of Camp Claudio (1.000 hectare) in Tambo, Parañaque City, and Camp Atienza (0.534 hectare) in Libis, Quezon City are declared as socialized housing sites.
The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) is designated as the lead agency responsible for implementing Executive Order No. 116.
The BCDA is tasked with ensuring the smooth turnover of the administration and control of the identified areas (Camp Claudio and Camp Atienza) to the HUDCC for the purpose of socialized housing.
The Executive Committee is created to assist HUDCC in implementing the order, ensuring final survey of properties, qualification and identification of beneficiaries, and establishing fair lot pricing and payment schemes.
The Executive Committee includes HUDCC as Chair, and members from BCDA, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), Department of National Defense/Armed Forces of the Philippines (DND/AFP), the Municipal Government, and Congressional Representative of the respective locality.
The committee must consider existing agreements with peoples' organizations in the area, ensure proper survey of the properties, identify and qualify beneficiaries, and establish fair pricing and payment schemes.
The Executive Committee shall formulate a budget, and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is tasked to ensure provision of the necessary funding for related activities.
The Separability Clause provides that if any provision of the order is declared invalid by a competent court, the other provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.
Executive Order No. 116 took effect immediately upon its signing on August 15, 2002.
The order is in line with the national policy of regularizing the land tenure status of informal settlers occupying public lands and providing land to deserving landless and homeless Filipinos.
Republic Act No. 7227 created the BCDA and transferred ownership, administration, and control of military reservations, including Camps Claudio and Atienza, to it.