Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 391)
It is a system composed of the Executive Secretary as Presidential Coordinating Secretary for Political and Security Affairs, a Presidential Coordinating Secretary for Agro-Industrial, Economic and Financial Affairs, and a Presidential Coordinating Secretary for Human Resources and Public Welfare to assist the President in managing executive operations.
The President appoints these Presidential Coordinating Secretaries, and they hold the rank of Cabinet Secretary.
The Executive Secretary serves as the Presidential Coordinating Secretary for Political and Security Affairs, calls and presides over meetings of the system, and attends to matters internal to the Office of the President.
They monitor, coordinate, and facilitate operations of Departments of Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Justice, Local Government, and other offices involved in peace, order, national security, ethics, and maintain liaison with Constitutional Commissions and the Judiciary and Legislative branches.
Departments of Budget and Management, Finance, Agriculture, Agrarian Reform, Environment and Natural Resources, Tourism, Trade and Industry, Science and Technology, Public Works and Highways, Transportation and Communications, among others.
Departments of Health, Education, Culture and Sports, Labor and Employment, Social Welfare and Development, and offices involved in public information, housing, urban and rural development, and public assistance.
Yes, each Presidential Coordinating Secretary can have Deputy Presidential Coordinating Secretaries with the rank of Undersecretary appointed by the President to assist in their functions.
The Presidential Management Staff serves as the common administrative, research, and technical secretariat to the Presidential Coordinating Secretaries, headed by an official with Cabinet Secretary rank.
No, Department Secretaries continue to perform their respective duties and functions as heads of their departments and remain directly responsible to the President.
No, it explicitly states that nothing in the order diminishes the President's power of control over all executive departments, bureaus, and offices.