Policy intent and required participation
- The order calls on every citizen and resident of the Philippines to participate in bringing about discipline, order, and reforms under Martial Law.
- The order imposes an affirmative duty on every citizen and resident to keep their environment clean and wholesome.
- The order requires cooperation from everyone to carry out the cleanliness project to clean surrounding areas.
Covered persons and establishments
- The order calls on every resident and citizen to undertake cleaning of their surroundings.
- The order includes all universities, colleges, schools, and similar institutions, whether private or public.
- The order includes all commercial and industrial establishments, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, cinemahouses, public markets, and transportation companies.
- The order applies to all establishments of any kind.
- The order also places a specific expectation on owners of idle lots in the Greater Manila Area.
What must be cleaned and where
- Every covered resident, citizen, institution, and establishment must clean their own surroundings, including their yards and gardens.
- They must also clean the canals, roads, or streets in their immediate premises.
- Owners of idle lots in the Greater Manila Area must keep their idle lots clean.
Prohibition on garbage in public places
- The order prohibits anyone from throwing garbage in public places, including roads, canals, esteros, or parks.
Government cleanup at the owner’s expense
- The President holds each person responsible for his own surroundings.
- If anyone fails to comply with obligations under the order, the Government will undertake the cleaning of his premises at his own expense.
- If owners of idle lots in the Greater Manila Area fail or cannot comply, the Government will undertake the cleaning of the lot at the owner’s expense.
Additional government authority for idle lots
- After the Government cleans an idle lot due to the owner’s failure or inability to comply, the Government may utilize the land for its food production program.
Responsible supervising authority
- The order directs the Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications to supervise the implementation of the cleanliness campaign.
Enforcement expectation and responsibility
- The order states an expectation of everyone’s cooperation in cleaning surroundings.
- The order expressly makes responsibility personal to each person for his own surroundings and triggers government cleanup at the person’s expense upon failure to comply.