TRANSFERRING THE KALINGA SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (KSDA) FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND) TO THE CORDILLERA EXECUTIVE BOARD-CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (C…

WHEREAS, the government is committed to
pursue its policy of decentralization, as embodied in the Local
Government Code of 1991, as much as it is committed to streamline the
bureaucracy by adopting a homogenous grouping of functionally-related
government agencies;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 149
dated 28 December 1993 transferred the Kalinga Special Development
Authority (KSDA) to the Department of National Defense (DND) for policy
and program coordination/integration and/or administrative supervision
prior to its eventual abolition;

WHEREAS, in the
course of the KSDA’s attachment to the DND, it has been observed that
the thrust, functions, and activities of the KSDA are not aligned with
the thrust, functions, and activities of the
DND;

WHEREAS, the KSDA and the CEB-CAR share the same
objective of hastening the economic growth and development of
Kalinga;

WHEREAS, the CEB-CAR attested to its
functional alignment with the KSDA through a resolution wherein it
expressed its willingness to assume supervision and control of the
KSDA;

WHEREAS, there is an immediate need to transfer
the KSDA from the DND to the CEB-CAR to effect the mainstreaming of the
current programs and projects of the KSDA with those of existing
government instrumentalities in the Cordillera Administrative Region
(CAR) prior to the abolition of the KSDA;
and

WHEREAS, Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book
III of Executive Order No. 292, otherwise known as the Administrative
Code of 1987, provides continuing authority to the President to
reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of the
President.

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

SECTION 1. DISPOSITIVE
ACTION. — The KSDA is hereby transferred from the DND to the
CEB-CAR shall prepare and effect the eventual abolition of the
KSDA.

SECTION 2. SCOPE OF
TRANSFER. — The transfer shall include the KSDA’s functions,
records, equipment, facilities, assets and liabilities, personnel, and
remaining 1996 appropriation for personnel services. The CEB-CAR shall
use the funds allocated to KSDA from the 1996 budget of the
DND.

SECTION 3. MODE OF TRANSFER. —
The CEB-CAR shall immediately prepare and subsequently implement a
Function Rationalization and Integration Plan (FRIP) to complete the
abolition of the KSDA, as previously contemplated under Executive Order
No. 149.

SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY
CLAUSE. — In the event that any provisions of this Executive
Order is declared unconstitutional, the validity of the other provisions
shall not be affected.

SECTION 5. REPEALING
CLAUSE. — All executive orders, rules and regulations, and
other issuances or parts thereof that shall be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Executive order are hereby either revoked or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 6.
EFFECTIVITY. — This Executive Order shall take effect fifteen
(15) days after its publication in at least one (1) national newspaper
of general publication (sic).

Adopted: 16 April
1996

By the
President:

(SGD.) RUBEN D.
TORRES
Executive Secretary