Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 434)
The purpose of Executive Order No. 434 is to prescribe guidelines for the participation of relief agencies and volunteer-organizations with proven records in providing relief work in the implementation of livelihood and social services aid to earthquake victims or their legal heirs, under Republic Act No. 6960.
Executive Order No. 434 operates under Republic Act No. 6960, which provides for aid and relief services to individual beneficiaries affected by the July 16, 1990 earthquake.
Section 5 of Republic Act No. 6960 authorizes the President to seek the assistance and use the services of the Philippine National Red Cross and all other relief agencies and volunteer-organizations with proven records in providing relief work for aid and relief services to individual beneficiaries.
Relief agencies and volunteer-organizations are to: 1) Identify needed social services and viable livelihood projects with beneficiaries; 2) Participate in planning, administration, execution, and monitoring of social services and livelihood projects; 3) Serve as channels for distribution of funds; 4) Disseminate public information on available projects; 5) Oversee implementation according to approved plans; 6) Render other assistance to ensure equitable extension of aid irrespective of political, religious, or ethnic backgrounds.
The Presidential Task Force on Rehabilitation has direct supervision and control over the management and release of funds for such projects.
Yes, all implementing agencies and local government units concerned are required to seek and encourage the involvement and participation of relief agencies and volunteer-organizations with proven records in their respective territorial jurisdictions.
Section 3 states that the Presidential Task Force on Rehabilitation shall oversee the involvement and participation of relief agencies and volunteer-organizations and ensure that the aid is devoted exclusively to assisting victims or their legal heirs in communities heavily damaged by the July 16, 1990 earthquake.
The provisions of Executive Order No. 419, series of 1990, are modified insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of Executive Order No. 434.
It took effect upon its publication in at least two national newspapers of general circulation.
No, it explicitly requires that aid and livelihood projects be extended equitably to all deserving earthquake victims irrespective of political or party affiliation, sex, creed, religious belief, or ethnic origin.