Presidential Decree No. 797 (PD 797) — Amending Certain Provisions of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as Amended
WHEREAS, it is necessary that certain changes be made in
the provisions of Parts VI and VII of the Integrated Reorganization Plan
relative to the National Economic and Development Authority and the
Regional Development Council;
WHEREAS, considering that the National Economic and
Development Authority is of equal level as other departments of the
government, the head thereof should be designated a department
secretary;
WHEREAS, with respect to the Regional Development Council,
there is a need to enhance the effectiveness thereof as, the focal point
for the coordination of regional planning and development; and
WHEREAS, to attain this, it is necessary: (1) to
reconstitute the membership of the council by allowing a broadening of
its composition whenever needed, and (2) to strengthen the capacity of
the chairman of the council for regional leadership by making him an
appointee of the President.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do
hereby order and decree as follows:
SECTION 1. Paragraph 8, Article III, Chapter I, Part VI of
the Integrated Reorganization Plan as adopted tinder Presidential Decree
No. 1 and as amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 372 and 622, is hereby
further amended to read as follows:
"8. There shall be a Director-General with Cabinet rank who
shall concurrently be the Secretary of Economic Planning, and such
number of Deputy Directors-General as the President may determine, with
the rank of Undersecretary, who shall serve as the executive and
assistant executive officers of the NEDA, respectively. The
Director-General shall hold office at the pleasure of the President,
while the Deputy Directors-General shall be carrer officials.
The Secretary of Economic Planning shall preside over meetings of
the NEDA Board in the absence or inability of the Chairman to preside
over the same.
Whenever the Director-General is unable to perform his duties
owing to illness, absence or other cause, or in case of vacancy in the
office, the Deputy Director-General designated by the President shall
temporarily perform the functions of said office."
SEC. 2. Paragraph 3, Article II, Chapter I of Part VII is
amended to read as follows:
"3. The regional development council shall be composed of the
governors of the provinces and mayors of chartered cities comprising the
region; the regional directors, of the Bureau of Agricultural Extension
and Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture; the
regional director of the Bureau of Public Works of the Department of
Public Works, Transportation and Communications; the regional director
of the Department of Agrarian Reform, Public Highways, Labor, Education
and Culture, Health, Social Welfare, and Local Government and Community
Development; the general managers of the regional and sub-regional
development authorities existing in the region, if any; and a
representative of the National Economic and Development Authority; Provided,
however, That the regional council may by appropriate resolution
accept other regional directors as regular members of the council and
the executive committee. Provided, further, That regional
directors who are not members of the Council shall be authorized to
attend the meetings of and participate in the deliberations of the
council whenever matters involving their respective functional
jurisdictions are included in the agenda of the council, in which case
the council shall extend the necessary invitation for the regional
directors concerned to attend."
SEC. 3. Paragraph 4, Article II, Chapter I of Part VII is
amended to read as follows:
"4. The President shall designate the Chairman of the council
from among the provincial governors and city mayors who are members of
the council, except that the regional commissioners for Regions IX and
XII respectively shall continue to be chairman of the council in their
respective regions pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 742. The Chairman
so designated shall serve as such at the pleasure of the President. The
Chairman shall provide the necessary leadership in the coordination of
regional planning and development in his respective region. He is
authorized to receive additional compensation and/or honorarium and
allowances payable from NEDA funds at such rate as may be determined by
the NEDA Director-General.
SEC. 4. Paragraph 7, Article II, Chapter I of Part VII is
amended to include the regional director of the Department of Agrarian
Reform in the membership of the Executive Committee of the regional
development council.
Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of September, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary
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