INSTITUTIONALIZING THE MORAL RECOVERY PROGRAM (MRP) IN ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT O…

WHEREAS, the Preamble of the 1987 Constitution
ordains and promulgates that “the sovereign Filipino people imploring
the aid of Almighty God in order to build a just and humane society and
establish a government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations,
promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony and secure
to ourselves and our posterity the blessing of independence and
democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom,
love, equality and peace;

WHEREAS, Article II, Section 21 of the
Constitution’s Declaration of Principles and State Policies further
provides that “[T]he state shall maintain honesty, integrity in the
public service and take positive measures against graft and corruption;

WHEREAS,
Proclamation No. 62 dated 30 September 1992 declared a Moral Recovery
Program in response to the need to strengthen the moral resources of the
Filipino people rooted in Filipino culture, values and ideals that are
pro God, pro people, pro country and pro nature;

WHEREAS, the
same proclamation has declared the Moral Recovery Program as official
government policy and enjoined the active participation of all sectors
in Filipino Society;

WHEREAS, the MRP vision is a Filipino nation
that is God-centered, people-empowered, prosperous national community
living in Unity, Justice, Freedom, Love and Peace governed by a
visionary government that is democratic, responsive and effective,
graft-free, transparent and self-corrective with a community of civil
and military servants who are professional, competent, disciplined and
trustworthy;

WHEREAS, despite earlier proclamations to create
Moral Recovery consciousness, and issuance of the Code of Conduct and
Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (R.A. No. 6713),
graft and corruption, lack of discipline, dishonesty, patronage, etc.,
continue to taint the public service;

WHEREAS, during the Third
National Summit on Peace and Order, a Covenant for Peace and National
Progress through moral enhancement and transformation was adopted
requiring the Government Sector’s action plan to be institutionalized;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby enjoin and order:

SECTION
1. All government departments, offices, agencies, instrumentalities and
government-owned and controlled corporations are enjoined to establish
Integrity Circles or any similar mechanism to lay the necessary
foundations of the moral recovery crusade for Filipino core value
infusion into the organization’s culture, systems and processes.

SECTION
2. The Moral Recovery Program National Secretariat, as designated
implementing arm of the MRP through the constituted Government Sector
Core Group, shall monitor the implementation of the MRP Integrity
Circles of various government agencies through the designated Moral
Recovery Officer (MRO) of the agency.

SECTION 3. The MRO
designated by the agency will initiate the formation of Integrity
Circles or similar mechanisms, strategies and activities that would
evolve mass action addressed at affecting personal change and lead to
appropriate systematic and structural change within the agency.

SECTION
4. All the agencies concerned shall allocate 1% of their Human Resource
Development (HRD)/Training appropriation for the initial implementation
of their agency MRP; additional appropriation may be funded as may be
determined by the Department of Budget and Management.

SECTION 5.
The agencies are required to provide support to the MRP Integrity
Circle’s efforts to prime moral recovery transformations among employees
and develop role models at all levels and sectors.

SECTION 6. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 3 April 1996

BY THE PRESIDENT:

(SGD.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary