EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 787, March 27, 2009
DESIGNATING THE HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT-INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICE (OP-IAO) AS ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-GRAFT COMMISSION (PAGC) CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE …
Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) has been strengthened several times to
reinforce the government’s campaign against graft and corruption at all
levels of the
bureaucracy;
WHEREAS, pursuant to
the approved Rationalization Plan of the Office of the President
Proper, the internal Audit Office (IAO) was primarily tasked,
inter alia, to develop and implement anti-corruption
and good governance measures;
and
WHEREAS, there is a need to
further strengthen the prevention and investigation of graft and
corruption on the individual, system and organizational
levels.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution
and existing laws, do hereby order
that:
SECTION 1. The Head of the
Office of the President-internal Audit Office (OP-IAO) shall be an
ex-officio member of the Presidential Anti-Graft
Commission (PAGC).
SECTION 2. All
executive orders, rules, regulations, and other issuances or parts
thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive
Order are hereby repealed, amended or otherwise modified
accordingly.
SECTION 3. This
Executive Order shall fake effect immediately upon its publication in a
newspaper of general
circulation.
Done in the City of
Manila, Philippines, this 27th day of March,
2009.
GLORIA M. ARROYO
By the
President:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO R.
ERMITA
Executive
Secretary