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Executive Order No. 61
issued by President Joseph E. Estrada
CREATING THE NATIONAL
DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION COORDINATING CENTER TO ORCHESTRATE
EFFORT OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN.
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 61
CREATING THE NATIONAL
DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION COORDINATING CENTER TO ORCHESTRATE
EFFORT OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN.
WHEREAS, the present drug abuse problem has reached a disturbing level, with 6,020
barangays affected out of the 42, 979 barangays nationwide, 1.7 million drug victims reported and the illegal drug trade estimated to have reached P250 Billion pesos in 1998;
WHEREAS, in the 1996 survey by
the National Youth Commission (NYC), seven percent (7%) of the Filipino
youth aged 15 to 29 years old drug abusers;
WHEREAS, about seventy percent (70%) of brutal and heinous crimes committed were reported to be drug-related;
WHEREAS, despite sustained and
resolute enforcement of the Dangerous Drugs Law. Drug syndicate
continue to produce, smuggle, and distribute dangerous drugs, thereby
undermining not only the peace and order program of the government but
also its efforts to improve the social and economic condition of the
people;
WHEREAS, demand for prohibited
drugs continues unabated due to existing insufficiency in public
information, awareness, education and treatment of drug dependents;
WHEREAS, RA 6425 as amended,
created the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) composed of eight (8)
ex-officio members, as the policy-making and regulatory body in the
prevention and control of drug abuse in the country;
WHEREAS, at the operation level,
several government agencies are individually participating in drug law
enforcement activities, including the implementation of DDB policies
and programs, with unsatisfactory results due to perceived weaknesses
and lack of orchestration of their efforts;
WHEREAS, in order to have a
holistic approach, there is a need to strengthen and coordinate the
demand reduction and prevention campaign, education, information, and
national treatment and rehabilitation programs of the government;
WHEREAS, the Administrative Code
of 1987 vest the President with the continuing authority to reorganize
the Office of the President and to transfer functions from one
department or agency to another; and
WHEREAS, the seriousness of the
drug-related problems in the country requires the immediate
establishment of a National Drug Law Enforcement and Prevention
Coordinating Center (NDLEPCC) under the Office of the President
especially tasked to orchestrate and consolidate the drug law
enforcement and prevention efforts of national government agencies,
Local Government Units (LGU's) and Non-Government Organizations (NGO's)
to have a more effective anti-illegal campaign at the national down to barangay levels.cralaw:red
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. CREATION AND COMPOSITION.
There is hereby created a National Drug Law Enforcement and Prevention
Coordinating Center under the Office of the President. The Center shall
be headed by the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government as
Chairman; with the Chief of the Philippine National Police as
Vice-Chairman; and Task Force Chief Presidential Anti-Organized Crime
Task Force; Chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board; Director of the
National Bureau of Investigations; Commission of the Bureau of
Immigration; Chief of the National Prosecution Service; and
Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs as members.
The Coordinating Center shall be manned by a Secretariat headed by
an Executive Director to be appointed by the Chairman. The Executive
Director shall possess adequate training and
experience in the field of dangerous drugs, or in law enforcement, law
medice, criminology, psychology or social work. He shall be assisted by
a Functional Staff composed of Administrative/Logistics
Division, Intelligence and Investigation Division, Plans and Operations
Division, Community Involvement Division, Prosecution and Legal
Division and International Cooperation Division. Selected personnel and
representatives from the different participating agencies shall be
assigned to the Center.
The Chairman may call upon any government agency to render assistance in the
accomplishment of the Center's mandated tasks and functions.
Sec.
2. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION COORDINATING CENTER (NDLEPCC).
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Prepare and fast track the implementation of the inter-agency anti-drug Action plan;
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Prepare
intelligence and counter-intelligence plans and programs to identify
personalities and /or groups and their cohorts who are involved in the
illegal drugs activities. In this regard, the center may, in
coordination with the DBB, and subject to existing laws, grant
personalities.
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As
the Center may deem proper, coordinate and collaborate with any
government and non- government organizations with regard to
intelligence, investigation and speedy persecution of all illegal drugs
related cases. Towards this end, Center may enlist the assistance of
any department, bureau. Office, agency or instrumentality of the
Government, including government- owned and/or controlled corporations.
In the anti-illegal drugs drive, which may include the use of their
respective personnel, facilities and resources for a more resolute
detection and investigation of drug- related crimes and prosecution of
the drug traffickers;
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Coordinate
with the Department of Justice Witness Protection Security and Benefits
Program Committee to evaluate and assess witnesses who may qualify
under the provisions of RA 6981. Otherwise known as the Witness
Protection and Benefits Act.
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Formulate
and implement plans and programs for international cooperation on
intelligence and investigation relative to drug trafficking and
prevention.
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Coordinate
and orchestrate the support and participation of Local Government Units
(LGUs) and Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the anti- drugs
campaign down to the barangay level:
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Recommend the enactment of appropriate anti- illegal drug laws and issuances;
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Perform such other tasks and functions as the President of the Republic of the Philippine may direct; and
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Coordinate and collaborate with the DDB with regard to demand reduction, rehabilitation. Education and information programs.
Sec.
3. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES. The designated representatives of the
following Government Agencies and instrumentalities shall participate and assist the Center:
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Department of Health
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Department of Justice
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Department of National Defense
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Department of Education Culture and Sports
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Department of Finance
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Department of Social Welfare and Development
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Department of Labor And Employment
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Dangerous Drugs Board
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Philippine Information Agency
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Philippine National Police
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National Bureau of Investigation
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National Prosecution Service
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Bureau of Customs
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Bureau of Immigration
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
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National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
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Armed Forces of the Philippines
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Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau
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Philippine Cost Guard
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Philippine Postal Corporation
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Other agencies as needed
Sec.
4. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The National Drug Law Enforcement and Prevention Coordinating Center
(NDLEPCC) shall prumulgate rules and regulations to implement this order
Sec. 5. EFFECTIVITY. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila this 15th day of January in the
year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety- Nine. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
PRESIDENT
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
BY THE PRESIDENT
RONALD B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary
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