Law Summary
Reorganization and Streamlining of Offices within the Office of the President Proper
- Adoption of the right-sizing policy aimed at avoiding duplication of functions and improving responsiveness.
- Executive Office to have control and supervision over the Strategic Action and Response (STAR) Office and all constituent offices under EO No. 09.
- The Common Staff Support System to revert to its former name, Cabinet Secretariat (OCS).
- The Cabinet Secretariat functions to assist the President in establishing Cabinet agenda topics and facilitating discussions.
- Cabinet Secretariat serves as head secretariat of various Cabinet Cluster secretariats.
- Participation of the Cabinet Secretariat in Cabinet Cluster meetings, National Economic and Development Authority Board, and committee meetings affirmed.
- Presidential Management Staff (PMS) tasked with monitoring implementation of presidential directives, cabinet decisions, and cluster commitments, and providing policy inputs to the Executive Office.
Abolition and Reallocation of Functions of Certain Offices
- Office of Participatory Governance (OPG) and Performance and Projects Management Office (PPMO) abolished.
- Functions of OPG absorbed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
- Functions of PPMO absorbed by the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) as part of its mandates.
Legal Provisions on Separability and Repeal
- If any part of the Order is declared invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional, unaffected provisions remain operative.
- Executive Orders Nos. 99, 01, 09 and other inconsistent executive issuances are amended, repealed, or modified accordingly.
Constitutional and Legal Authority
- Powers to reorganize and transfer agencies based on Section VH of the 1987 Constitution granting the President authority over executive departments, bureaus, and offices.
- EO No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987) Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book II affirms the President's continuing authority to reorganize the Office of the President.
Objectives and Policy Rationale
- Strengthen democratic and institutional framework of the Executive Department by rationalizing policy formulation and project implementation.
- Promote greater efficiency, agency convergence, and participatory governance.
- Eliminate roadblocks to achieving the Administration’s ten-point socio-economic agenda.
- Align supervision of agencies to relevant executive departments with core mandates.
- Streamline mandates within the Office of the President Proper for improved coordination and collaboration.
- Support the right-sizing policy of the Administration to enhance government service delivery.