Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 319)
The Executive Order emphasizes Article II, Section 21 of the 1987 Constitution, which provides that the state shall maintain honesty and integrity in the public service and take positive measures against graft and corruption.
The Moral Recovery Program is a government policy declared to strengthen the moral resources of the Filipino people, rooted in Filipino culture, values, and ideals which are pro-God, pro-people, pro-country, and pro-nature.
The Moral Recovery Program National Secretariat, through the constituted Government Sector Core Group and the designated Moral Recovery Officer (MRO) of each agency, is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the MRP Integrity Circles.
An Integrity Circle is a mechanism or similar group established within government agencies to lay the foundations for moral recovery by infusing Filipino core values into the organization's culture, systems, and processes.
The MRO is responsible for initiating the formation of Integrity Circles or similar mechanisms, strategies, and activities aimed at achieving personal change that leads to systematic and structural change within the agency.
Yes, all agencies shall allocate 1% of their Human Resource Development (HRD)/Training appropriation for the initial implementation of their agency MRP. Additional appropriations may be funded as determined by the Department of Budget and Management.
The vision of the MRP is a Filipino nation that is God-centered, people-empowered, and prosperous, living in unity, justice, freedom, love, and peace, governed by a visionary, democratic, responsive, graft-free, transparent, and effective government with professional, competent, disciplined, and trustworthy civil and military servants.
Executive Order No. 319 took effect immediately upon its signing on April 3, 1996.