Legal basis and effectivity rule
- Executive Order No. 870 is issued by the President by virtue of the powers vested in him by the Constitution.
- Executive Order No. 870 is issued with authority vested in him by Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended.
- Executive Order No. 870 does not set a publication or transitory effectivity rule in its operative provisions.
Policy objectives and declared purpose
- Executive Order No. 870 recognizes that numerous central ministry policies and regulations create complicated compliance requirements for local governments, causing confusion at the local level.
- Executive Order No. 870 directs the integration of central ministry efforts in local development to achieve more efficient and effective service delivery.
- Executive Order No. 870 requires inter-agency consultation in formulating standards and guidelines that require local government compliance.
Inter-Agency Committee creation
- Executive Order No. 870 creates an Inter-Agency Committee tasked to review, evaluate and manualize policies, rules, and regulations of ministries and other agencies that affect local government administration.
- Executive Order No. 870 covers policies, rules, and regulations of ministries and other agencies that impact local government administration.
- Executive Order No. 870 provides that the committee’s work is oriented toward producing or consolidating manuals and standardized guidance for local compliance.
Chairmanship, secretariat, and membership access
- Executive Order No. 870 designates the Minister of Local Government as Chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee.
- Executive Order No. 870 directs the Chairman to provide the necessary secretariat for the Inter-Agency Committee.
- Executive Order No. 870 authorizes the Chairman to invite ministers and/or heads of agencies concerned or their authorized representatives to sit in the committee.
- Executive Order No. 870 treats invitations as appropriate where needed to address the committee’s review and evaluation functions.
Recommendations for implementing local government law
- Executive Order No. 870 authorizes the Inter-Agency Committee, through its Chairman, to recommend to the President the necessary measures to implement Section 14 of the Local Government Code.
- Executive Order No. 870 ties the committee’s recommendations to the goal of implementing Section 14 of the Local Government Code through measures that address central policies affecting local administration.
Organization and limitation of scope
- Executive Order No. 870 limits the committee’s charge to reviewing, evaluating, and manualizing ministries’ and agencies’ policies, rules, and regulations that affect local government administration.
- Executive Order No. 870 does not create additional mandates beyond the committee’s review/evaluation/manualization charge and presidential recommendation function tied to Section 14 of the Local Government Code.
- Executive Order No. 870 does not prescribe specific procedural timelines, filing requirements, or formal hearing mechanics in its operative provisions.