PNP Support to AFP in Internal Security Ops

Republic Act No. 6975, as amended by Republic Act No. 8551, establishes that the primary responsibility for suppressing insurgency and other serious threats rests with the AFP.
Republic Act No. 6975 requires the PNP to support the AFP through information gathering and performance of ordinary police functions, except when the President calls on the PNP to support the AFP in combat operations.
The Executive Order implements a coordinated approach to internal security by directing PNP support in insurgency suppression in line with the statutory division of roles.
The order expressly recognizes long-running armed struggle involving the National Democratic Front, the Communist Party of the Philippines, and the New People’s Army.

The Executive Order directs a sustained, consistent, integrated, and coordinated security approach against the Communist Terrorist Movement and other organized elements/groups engaged in armed offensives against the Government.
The Executive Order links insurgency suppression to fostering a climate conducive to economic growth and national development by addressing the insurgency’s negative economic impact.

Section 1 requires that the PNP shall support the AFP in combat operations involving the suppression of insurgency and other serious threats to national security.
Section 1 treats the support as a direct operational obligation of the PNP toward AFP internal security actions targeting insurgency and serious threats.

Section 2 authorizes the PNP to deputize barangay tanods as force multipliers.
Section 2 makes the deputization operate subject to the concurrence of the appropriate Local Chief Executive through the Local Peace and Order Council.
Section 2 limits the deputized force multipliers’ use to implementation of the peace and order plan in the area.

Section 3 requires the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to exert efforts in securing and institutionalizing funding support from Local Government Units (LGUs).
Section 3 directs governors and mayors to act as deputized representatives of the National Police Commission within their territorial jurisdiction.
Section 3 requires governors and mayors, in relation to their sworn duty to implement Section 16 of the Local Government Code, to ensure that sufficient funds are appropriated in their annual budget for operational and logistical support of concerned PNP units to implement the Executive Order.
Section 3 ties appropriations specifically to operational and logistical support needed for PNP units involved in the Executive Order’s implementation.

Section 4 requires Local Chief Executives, in coordination with Local Peace and Order Councils, to include in the integrated area/Community Public Safety Plan of their city/municipality a priority program of action/thrust to resolve insurgency and other serious threats to national security.
Section 4 requires Local Chief Executives to ensure appropriation for the included priority program of action/thrust to enable effective implementation of the Executive Order.

Section 5 revokes, amends, or modifies all executive issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof that are inconsistent with Executive Order No. 546.
Section 6 provides immediate effectivity for the Executive Order.