Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 82)
The primary purpose of Executive Order No. 82, s. 2012 is to operationalize the Practical Guide for National Crisis Managers and the National Crisis Management Core Manual, establish national and local crisis management organizations, and provide funds for their implementation.
The Executive Committee, National Security Council serves as the highest policy and decision-making body, known as the EXECOM/NCMC, in managing human-induced crises at the national level.
The Executive Secretary is designated as the Cabinet Officer Primarily Responsible (C-OPR) for threats of terrorism, serving as Chairperson of the Anti-Terrorism Council.
The five key concepts are Predict, Prevent, Prepare, Perform, and Post-Action and Assessment.
The NSA chairs the National Crisis Management Committee (Sub-Committee), conducts inter-agency Horizon Scanning, recommends appropriate responses, and oversees dissemination and implementation of crisis management manuals and policies.
The Core Manual provides a general framework harmonizing all government crisis management manuals, cutting across strategic, operational, and tactical levels for detecting and responding to human-induced crises.
By establishing Regional, Provincial, Municipal/City, and Barangay Crisis Management Committees as policy and decision-making bodies at local levels and prescribing harmonized crisis management organizations and structures.
Crisis Managers must determine and declare incidents approaching crisis level, activate the Incident Command System, develop Crisis Action Plans, and coordinate response at appropriate political jurisdictions.
An initial amount of Php 25,000,000 is allocated from the Presidential Contingency Fund for the Office of the National Security Adviser and EXECOM/NCMC, with succeeding funds to be included in the ONSA's annual appropriations, and other agencies are required to allocate sufficient funds for crisis management.
It cites Sections 4 and 5 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, which articulate the government's prime duty to serve and protect the people and maintain peace and order, protecting life, liberty, and property.