Title, issuance date, and effectivity
- Letter of Instruction No. 142 is titled “Development of Maharlika Village for Muslims.”
- The instruction is dated October 30, 1973.
- The instruction takes effect upon issuance and directs immediate organization, administration, and construction actions for the Maharlika Village project.
Policy, purpose, and directive thrust
- The instruction declares that the Government’s concern for the economic, social and cultural development of Muslim Mindanao must be given significance to all citizens of the Philippines.
- The instruction directs the initiation and accomplishment of a project for Muslims right in the heart of the national community.
- The instruction is pursued in pursuance of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and in the President’s capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the AFP.
Covered location and project establishment
- The instruction establishes the project for Maharlika Village at Bicutan, Taguig, Rizal.
- The instruction constitutes a governance structure to control and supervise the land proclaimed and set aside for Maharlika Village at Bicutan, Taguig, Rizal.
- The land for the Maharlika Village project is administered through the Administrative Committee and its authorized representatives.
Administrative Committee creation and control
- The Executive Secretary as Chairman, together with the Chief of Staff of the AFP and the Presidential Assistant on Housing and Resettlement Agency, constitute the Administrative Committee.
- The Administrative Committee exercises control and supervision over the land proclaimed and set aside for Maharlika Village at Bicutan, Taguig, Rizal.
- The instruction allows the Administrative Committee to act through a duly authorized representative for the exercise of its functions.
Administrative Committee functions and powers
- The Administrative Committee must undertake the subdivision and titling of the land released for Maharlika Village in the name of the Maharlika Village.
- The Administrative Committee must make and implement the development scheme for Maharlika Village, including housing, cemetery, infrastructure, elementary school, shopping and tourist center, cultural community center, park facilities, auditorium, mosque, market, hostel student dormitories, clinic, water system, drainage, electrification, and security measures.
- The Administrative Committee must issue rules and regulations for the management of the Village and the administration of the Village.
- The Administrative Committee’s rules and regulations must cover the disposition and transfer of the titles to qualified Muslim applicants.
Project Officer appointment and Village administration
- The Executive Secretary shall appoint a Project Officer to administer the Village.
- The Project Officer administers the Village in accordance with Letter of Instruction No. 142.
- The Project Officer administers the Village in accordance with the rules and regulations imposed by the Administrative Committee for efficient management of the Village.
AFP engineering construction and infrastructure
- The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines shall act through the Corps of Engineers to undertake the immediate construction of the access road to the Village.
- After finalization of the Village development plan, the AFP shall undertake all infrastructure work for the area.
- The infrastructure work includes establishment of the water system, drainage, and electrification facilities for the Village.
Housing and resettlement project studies
- The Presidential Assistant on Housing and Resettlement Agency shall be responsible for implementing the project study.
- The project study covers low-cost housing, cemetery, electrification, school, shopping and tourist center, cultural community center, park facilities, student dormitories, auditorium, market, clinic, and other similar facilities.
Financing, self-liquidating requirement, and economic feasibility
- The project is financed through a loan from any government financing institution.
- The project must be a self-liquidating project.
- The project must be economically feasible.
Government funding release for initial development
- The amount of P.5 M is released to the Administrative Committee of the Maharlika Village.
- The P.5 M release is for initial development of the Village.
- The P.5 M release comes from the General Funds.
Relations to existing proclamation
- The instruction is issued in pursuance of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972.
- Proclamation No. 1081 provides the basis for the land being proclaimed and set aside for Maharlika Village that the Administrative Committee controls and supervises.