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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 216 -
IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 12 OF REPUBLIC ACT 6975
WHEREAS, the DND-AFP has long
exercised primary responsibility over internal security of the country,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act (RA) 6975, the DILG-PNP
shall assume primary responsibility on matters affecting internal
security, including the suppression of insurgency effective January 1,
1995;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the same provision of law, the President, upon the
recommendation of the peace and order council, may call upon the AFP to
assume the primary role in addressing the insurgency concerns in a
particular area under certain circumstances,
WHEREAS, there is need to assure smoothness, continuity, consistency,
integration and coordination of efforts particularly during and
incidental to the shifting of roles to assume primary or supporting
roles and vice-versa,
NOW, therefore, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested upon me by the Constitution
and laws of the Philippines, do hereby promulgate the following:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that general law enforcement functions nationwide shall continue to be the primary concern of the DILG-PNP.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6.
Sec. 7.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 16th day of December in the year of our LORD, nineteen hundred and
ninety-four.
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