Joint Preparation of Internal Security Management Guidelines
- The DND and DILG are tasked to prepare implementing guidelines for internal security management.
- These guidelines must define the strategic internal security program, security condition levels, and appropriate government responses.
- The guidelines establish responsibilities for primary and supporting roles of concerned agencies and forces to ensure consistency and coordination.
Definition of Primary and Support Roles
- Primary Role: Involves principal planning, direction, control, and allocation of resources for internal security operations, including insurgency suppression.
- Support Role: Consists of assisting the lead agency with personnel and material resources for internal security efforts.
Initial Role Assignments Effective January 1, 1995
- The DILG-PNP assumes the primary role nationwide in internal security operations, with DND-AFP in support.
- Exceptions include specific areas where DND-AFP retains the primary role while DILG-PNP supports:
- All provinces in Mindanao
- Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi
- All provinces in Panay
- All provinces in Samar
- All provinces within the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
- Southern Quezon and all provinces in the Bicol Region
- General law enforcement nationwide remains primarily the DILG-PNP's responsibility.
Change of Roles Based on Security Conditions
- The President may, on the National Peace and Order Council's advice, adjust primary roles between AFP and PNP in various areas depending on security dynamics.
- This flexibility ensures adaptive response to evolving insurgency and internal security conditions.
Establishment and Functions of Joint AFP-PNP Secretariat
- A Joint AFP-PNP Secretariat shall be created as part of the internal security management system.
- Its functions include:
- Monitoring internal security operations
- Assessing existing and projected security condition levels in areas
- Preparing integrated internal security plans
- Facilitating inter-agency coordination
- Reporting to the President on internal security programs and concerns
Effectivity
- The Executive Order takes effect immediately upon issuance on December 16, 1994.