Legal authority and basis
- Executive Order No. 266 is issued pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
- Executive Order No. 266 is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
- The organizing act is carried out by presidential executive action creating a new local government unit from existing territory.
Political purpose and intent
- Executive Order No. 266 organizes the barrio of Tunga and designated sitios into an independent municipality named Tunga.
- Executive Order No. 266 provides for a distinct governmental center by setting the seat of government at the barrio of Tunga.
Territory, components, and coverage
- Executive Order No. 266 covers the barrio of Tunga and the following sitios from the municipality of Barugo, Province of Leyte: Balire, Naliwatan (Barugo), Palinki, Upat, and the southern parts of Busawon and Pasacay.
- Executive Order No. 266 establishes that the new municipality is named Tunga.
- Executive Order No. 266 provides that the municipality of Barugo retains its territory minus the portion included in the proposed municipality of Tunga.
- Executive Order No. 266 specifies the boundary relationship between Tunga and Barugo.
Boundary rule between municipalities
- Executive Order No. 266 fixes the boundary between Tunga and Barugo starting from the Sagkahan extension point on the Barago-Carigara boundary.
- Executive Order No. 266 directs the boundary to run straight in an easterly direction to a point immediately north of the culvert bridge on the Carigara-Barugo-Jaro road.
- Executive Order No. 266 then provides that the boundary runs northeasterly in a straight line to Caracnayon bridge on the Tunga-Barugo municipal road.
- Executive Order No. 266 further provides that the boundary goes easterly in a straight line to a point immediately north of the center of Sitio Upat.
- Executive Order No. 266 next provides that the boundary proceeds southeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of Bunawang River with the Barugo-Jaro boundary line.
- Executive Order No. 266 requires the boundary description to follow data used based on the map submitted by the petitioners: the map of the municipality of Barugo and the proposed municipality of Tunga.
Creation mechanics and start of existence
- Executive Order No. 266 creates the independent municipality of Tunga from the specified territory identified in the organizing paragraph.
- Executive Order No. 266 provides that Tunga begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
- Executive Order No. 266 ties the operational start of the municipality to both appointment and qualification of local officials.
- Executive Order No. 266 fixes the barrio of Tunga as the seat of government for the new municipality.