QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 38)
It cites Article X, Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution, which states that the President shall exercise general supervision over local government units.
EO No. 38 revokes Executive Order No. 183 (s. 2015), which created the Negros Island Region (NIR) composed of the cities, municipalities, and barangays in Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.
Negros Occidental is directed to revert to Region VI.
Negros Oriental is directed to revert to Region VII.
The Regional Councils (RCs) established by EO No. 183 and the Regional Offices (ROs) created pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 81 (s. 2015) are abolished.
All existing personnel are to return to their previous units of deployment or be reassigned to other offices within their respective departments/agencies.
It must be completed not later than sixty (60) days from the effectivity of EO No. 38.
Their winding up and final disposition (e.g., transfer or abolition) must be done immediately and completed within 60 days.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The DILG may issue, as necessary, guidelines for the reversion of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental and for the abolition of the RCs and ROs.
Yes. All other departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, instrumentalities, and government-owned or controlled corporations and government financial institutions must extend full assistance to the DILG in the reversion process.
It includes all national government departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, instrumentalities, GOCCs, and government financial institutions.
It takes effect upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
It repeals, amends, or modifies any orders, proclamations, rules, regulations, and issuances—or parts thereof—that are inconsistent with EO No. 38.
Only the invalid portion is affected; the remaining sections or provisions not otherwise affected remain in full force and effect.
It states that establishing regional offices in the NIR requires substantial appropriations that would otherwise compete with government priority programs and projects for funding.
It does both: it reverts the provinces to Regions VI and VII and also abolishes NIR regional offices/councils, with corresponding rules for personnel, functions, and assets/liabilities.