Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 546)
The primary responsibility of the AFP under Executive Order No. 546 is the suppression of insurgency and other serious threats to national security.
The PNP is directed to support the AFP in combat operations involving the suppression of insurgency and other serious threats to national security, through active support beyond just information gathering and ordinary police functions.
The PNP can support the AFP in combat operations when the President calls on the PNP to do so.
The groups mentioned are the National Democratic Front, the Communist Party of the Philippines, and its military arm, the New People's Army.
The rationale is to effectively address the insurgency which has negatively impacted the economy and to foster a climate conducive to economic growth and national development, requiring a whole-of-government approach for coordinated security measures.
The PNP is authorized, subject to the concurrence of the appropriate Local Chief Executive through the Local Peace and Order Council, to deputize barangay tanods as force multipliers in implementing the peace and order plan in their area.
LGUs, through their governors and mayors, are responsible for appropriating sufficient funds in their annual budget to provide operational and logistical support to PNP units for the implementation of this Executive Order.
Local Chief Executives, in coordination with Local Peace and Order Councils, must include the resolution of insurgency and other threats to national security as a priority program in their public safety plan and ensure its funding for effective implementation.
All executive issuances, rules, and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with Executive Order No. 546 are revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.
Executive Order No. 546 took effect immediately upon its signing on July 14, 2006.