WHEREAS, pursuant to Part XXIII of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan, hereinafter referred to as the Plan, as amended by
Presidential Decree No. 89, dated January 5, 1973, and further amplified
under Memorandum Circular No. 620 of the Executive Secretary, dated
January 23, 1973, the deadline for the preparation, review and approval
of the implementing details to the Plan, including the staffing
patterns, would fall in March, 1973;
WHEREAS, the Plan has to be amended further in order to
introduce desirable organizational changes and refinements as well as to
reflect subsequent Presidential Decrees and decisions modifying the
Plan; and for this reason, the implementing details to the Plan cannot
be fully completed in March, 1973;
WHEREAS, since only the last quarter remains of Fiscal Year
1972-1973, it also becomes impractical to proceed with the full
implementation of the Plan, as amended, during the Fiscal Year;
WHEREAS, in order to afford an orderly transition to the
reorganized set-up provided for under the Plan that would involve a
minimum disruption of governmental operations, the most practical and
effective way to implement the Plan would be through the Budget for
Fiscal Year 1973-1974; and
WHEREAS, this approach will simplify full implementation of
the Plan since it will involve consolidating the process of approving
the staffing patterns and revised budgetary structures in accordance
with the reorganized setup, with the process of preparing and approving
the Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-1974;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, and Presidential
Decree No. 1, dated September 24, 1972, do hereby order and decree as
follows:
The full implementation of the Plan, as amended, shall be
effected through the Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-1974. Accordingly,
the preparation, review and approval of the implementing details to the
Plan, including the staffing patterns, shall be done and become
effective concurrently with the preparation, approval, and effectivity
of the Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-1974.
All departments and agencies shall prepare and submit their
budget estimates for Fiscal Year 1973-1974, including staffing
patterns, to the Budget Commission in accordance with the reorganized
set-up provided for in the Plan, as amended.
For reorganized agencies that already have staffing patterns
approved by the President, or may subsequently have staffing patterns
approved before June 30, 1973 by the Budget Commission in consultation
with the Presidential Commission on Reorganization pursuant to a
Presidential directive, said staffing patterns shall be the basis for
incorporation in the Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-1974.
The Budget Commission shall, in coordination with the
Presidential Commission on Reorganization, prepare the Budget for Fiscal
Year 1973-1974 strictly in accordance with the Plan, as amended.
All concerned, especially heads of departments, chiefs of bureaus
and offices and instrumentalities of the Government, except
government-owned and controlled corporations, the Budget Commission and
the Presidential Commission on Reorganization shall act accordingly
pursuant to the contents of this Decree.
Presidential Decree No.
89, dated January 5, 1973, as amplified by Memorandum Circular No. 620
of the Executive Secretary, dated January 23, 1973, is accordingly
modified.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of May, in
the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary