PROVIDING FOR THE GUIDELINES THAT WILL ENSURE THE SECURITY OF REGISTERED VENDORS IN THE WORKPLACE

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WHEREAS, it has been a declared policy of the state to pursue an all-out war
against poverty and to improve the quality of life of every Filipino as
embodied in Philippines 2000 and the Philippine Medium Term Development Plan;

WHEREAS, the Social Reform Agenda (SRA), as the operationalization of the
people empowerment track of the Philippines 2000, has been expanded to become
the Integrated National Action Agenda on Anti-Poverty as adopted during the
National anti-Poverty Summit held last 19-20 March 1996;

WHEREAS, the SRA addresses the problems of the poorest sectors of our
society, including vendors who form part of the disadvantaged workers in the
Informal Sector;

WHEREAS, consistent with the tenets of Social Reform, there is an urgent
need to protect the vendors from being deprived of their livelihood as well as
the rights of consumers and citizens from any negative effects that the vending
industry may have on the environment and on the welfare of the public in
general.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the
adoption of the guidelines that will ensure the security of registered vendors
in the workplace:

SECTION 1. Creation and
Composition of the Inter-Agency Council on the Security of Registered Vendors. – An Inter-Agency Council on the Security of Registered Vendors,
hereinafter referred to as the Council, is hereby created to formulate and
implement policies and programs that will provide security to registered
vendors in the workplace nationwide. The Council shall be chaired by the
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government and composed of representatives
of the following:

a. Philippine National Police
(PNP);

b. Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI);

c. Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE);

d. Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority (MMDA);

e. One (1) representative each
from the League of Provinces, Cities and Municipalities, the Philippine
Councilors’ League; and,

f. Two (2) representatives of
the Workers in the Informal Sector, to be appointed by the Council Chairman.

Section 2. Functions of
the Council. The Council shall undertake the
following:

a. Formulate policies and
programs that will accord protection and provide security to the registered
vendors nationwide;

b. Issue within forty-five (45)
days upon effectivity of this Order, the Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) on the provision of security and system of registration for all vendors
nationwide which shall be formulated in consultation with all concerned sectors
and consistent with existing laws (e.g. R.A. 7160 or the Local Government Code
dated 10 October 1991, R.A. 4136 or the Land Transportation Code dated 20 June
1964);

c. Periodically review and
revise, whenever necessary, the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this
Order;

d. Monitor and ensure the
effective implementation of the provisions of this Executive Order;

e. Submit quarterly reports to
the President, as may be necessary; and,

f. Perform other functions as
may be directed by the President.

SEC. 3. Coverage and
System of Registration. The guidelines shall
cover vendors in all cities and municipalities throughout the country, whereby
each city and municipality shall establish a system for registration and
issuance of permit to vendors to protect their rights and the interest of
consumers and the general public.

SEC. 4. Designation of
Workplaces. The city or municipality, in
consultation with vendors, the affected community and other sectors or groups,
shall identify and designate viable workplaces, and design a system of
assigning spaces to registered vendors.

Workplaces include markets,
vacant areas within the vicinity of markets and other vacant public spaces
which may be designated as allowable vending sites.

SEC. 5. Empowerment of
Vendors. All concerned National Government
Agencies shall provide the support necessary to the vendors’ self-development
into healthy, informed, environmentally aware, progressive and productive
citizens. Vendors shall be encouraged to organize themselves into associations
reflective of their ideals and aspirations.

SEC. 6. Policy on
Eviction and Demolition. Pending the issuance
of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Executive Order, vendors
shall not be arbitrarily deprived of their livelihood by being unjustly ejected
from their workplaces nor their stalls demolished provided that this policy
shall not apply to vendors who started occupying such workplaces after the
effectivity of this Executive Order.

SEC. 7. Separability
Clause. If any provision of this Executive
Order or the application of such provisions is declared unconstitutional or
illegal, the remaining provisions thereof shall not be affected by such
declaration.

SEC. 8. Repealing
Clause. All other orders, issuances, rules and
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 9. Effectivity. This Executive Order takes effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 24th day of October, in the year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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