DECLARING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL GAMES AS THE CENTERPIECE PROGRAM

WHEREAS, Section 19(1), Article XIV, of the 1987 Constitution provides
that: “The State shall promote physical education and encourage sports
programs, league competitions, and amateur sports, including training for
international competitions, to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence
for the development of a healthy and alert citizenry”;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6847 created the Philippine Sports Commission
(PSC) under the Office of the President to carry out this constitutional
mandate in coordination with the various government departments and agencies
and private entities;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 63 created the National, Regional, Provincial,
City, Municipal, and Barangay Physical Fitness and Sports Development Councils
(PFSDC), which shall act as the nationwide organizational network to assist the
Philippine Sports Commission in the planning, information dissemination, and
actual implementation and monitoring of the National Policy and Program of
“SPORTS FOR ALL”;

WHEREAS, the Philippine Sports Commission, in accordance with the National
Physical Fitness and Sports Development Council (NPFSDC) and the Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG), has launched the PHILIPPINE NATIONAL
GAMES as the centerpiece program of the government’s national physical fitness
and sports development effort towards PHILIPPINES 2000;

WHEREAS, the Philippine National Games program is envisioned to effectively
address our need for a truly comprehensive grassroots sports development
program, generating sports activities in the countryside and harnessing the
full potential of our people to athletic excellence in line with the
PHILIPPINES 2000;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. All local government units constituting the Physical Fitness and
Sports Development Councils pursuant to Executive Order No. 63, are hereby
directed to extend their full support and active participation in the
Philippine National Games.

SEC. 2. All said local government units are hereby authorized to
appropriate whatever amount is necessary from their available budget for the
promotion of the National Policy and Program of “SPORTS FOR ALL”, including a
well-synchronized year-round calendar of sports activities and competitions
culminating with the celebration of the National Games.

SEC. 3. All non-governmental organizations, the Philippine Olympic
Committee, the National Sports Associations, and the private sectors are hereby
urged to lend their cooperation for the success of the National Games leading
towards PHILIPPINES 2000.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Philippines
to be affixed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of March
in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-four.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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