Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 01)
The main objective is to reorganize the Office of the President towards greater responsiveness to attaining national development goals through efficient, coordinated, and collaborative management and resource allocation.
Cooperative Development Authority, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, National Anti-Poverty Commission, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, National Food Authority, National Youth Commission, Office of the President - Presidential Action Center, Philippine Commission on Women, Philippine Coconut Authority, Presidential Commission on the Urban Poor, and Technical Education Skills Development Authority.
They are primarily tasked to evaluate existing poverty reduction programs, formulate responsive programs, channel resources to reduce poverty, improve lives of vulnerable sectors, promote social education, conduct consultations with LGUs for proper program implementation, and recommend sustainable actions for government.
The Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP), the Office of the Appointments Secretary, and the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) are consolidated under the SAP.
OP-EMC is created to ensure effective collaboration among offices involved in preparing and managing Presidential engagements, including the PMS, Presidential Security Group, Office of the Chief Presidential Protocol, Media Accreditation and Relations Office, and Radio-Television Malacañang.
The OSAP is headed by an appointee with the position of Presidential Assistant II with the rank of Secretary.
The PMS supports the Executive Secretary by providing policy inputs to the President and assists the Cabinet Secretary by providing substantive and logistical support to the Cabinet and helps monitor and execute Cabinet directives.
The authority comes from Section VII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution granting the President control over executive departments, Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended by PD 1722 granting continuing authority to reorganize the government, and Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of Executive Order No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987).
The separability clause states that any part not affected by the invalidity or unconstitutionality shall remain in full force and effect.
It takes effect immediately upon publication in one newspaper of general circulation.