QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 361)
It is Executive Order No. 361 (24 December 1971). Its main purpose is to designate the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), through the Secretary, as Trustee of the Special Fund for Assistance to the Philippine Land Reform Education Program (the Land Reform Education Fund).
It refers to Funds from the United States, specifically out of the Special Fund for Education under U.S. Public Law No. 88-94, known as the Land Reform Education Fund.
It states that the Fund shall be established as a permanent Trust Fund, with its income used to finance the land reform education program in the Philippines.
The National Land Reform Council was designated as the Trustee of the Fund under the agreement mentioned in the preamble.
Because the National Land Reform Council was abolished under Republic Act No. 6389 (the Code of Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines) and succeeded by the Department of Agrarian Reform under a Cabinet Secretary.
The Department of Agrarian Reform, through the Secretary, is designated as Trustee of the Land Reform Education Fund.
The functions are performed “subject to the approval of the President,” as stated in the opening part of the enumerated powers/functions.
It must formulate the general policy for the Fund and decide on the use of the Fund’s income and capital gains, including final action on appropriation for grants and research projects.
It directs DAR to formulate and adopt an assistance program based on educational programs in the Agreement, extending preference to projects that are enduring/self-sustaining or that incorporate counterpart financial agreements.
DAR shall approve the programs and projects undertaken by the Philippine Land Reform Center for Continuing Education that implement the assistance programs and authorize expenditures for those programs and projects from the Fund’s earnings.
DAR is required to obtain professional counsel and services for prudent management of the Fund through an Investment and Financial Manager.
It authorizes DAR to employ staff personnel, advisors, and consultants to assist in educational program planning and implementation.
RA 6389 abolished the National Land Reform Council; EO 361 responds to that institutional change by designating the DAR as the new trustee.
Yes. It provides that the Fund’s income shall be used to finance the land reform education program in the Philippines.
It repeatedly indicates that DAR’s functions are subject to the approval of the President.
It was signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos. The text also shows it was attested by Roberto V. Reyes, Assistant Executive Secretary, “By the President.”