Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 118)
The purpose of Executive Order No. 118 is to direct certain national government agencies to attend the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) en banc meetings to enhance NAPC's ability to institutionalize the participation of basic sectors and NGOs in anti-poverty programs.
Republic Act No. 8425 institutionalized the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC).
Thirteen (13) national government agencies constitute the regular official composition of the NAPC according to RA 8425.
Some agencies are not regular members either because they were created after the passage of RA 8425 or because they were already performing coordinative and oversight functions.
The following agencies are directed to participate and be automatically invited: Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), and the Commission on the Welfare of Children (CWC).
Section 2 states that appropriate attached agencies of regular members of the NAPC shall also be automatically invited to its en banc meetings.
All executive orders, issuances, rules, and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of Executive Order No. 118 are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
Executive Order No. 118 shall take effect immediately upon its issuance.
The separability clause ensures that if any provision of the Order is declared unconstitutional or invalid, other unaffected parts shall continue to be in full force and effect.
It was signed by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as President of the Republic of the Philippines and by Alberto G. Romulo as Executive Secretary.