EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 268
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 268 - AMENDING
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 208 (S. 1995) ENTITLED “FURTHER DEFINING THE
COMPOSITION, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE
ROLE OF FILIPINO WOMEN”
Section 1.
Section 1 of Executive order No. 208 (S. 1995) is hereby amended to
read as follows:
“Section 1. Composition of the Commission. Consistent with
P.D. No. 633, and until otherwise directed by the President, the
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, hereinafter referred
to as the ‘Commission’, shall be composed of the following members:
“1.1
A Chairperson who shall be appointed by the President.
“1.2 The
Secretaries of the following Departments who shall sit in the
Commission as ex-officio members: Labor and Employment (DOLE); National
Economic Development Authority (NEDA); Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD); Agriculture (DA); Education, Culture and Sports (DECS); Health
(DOH); Foreign Affairs (DFA); Interior and Local Government (DILG);
Trade and Industry (DTI); and Budget and Management (DBM).
The
Secretaries mentioned are authorized to designate an Undersecretary to
represent them.
“1.3. Twelve (12) private
sector representatives: eleven (11) of whom shall be selected from the
following sectors — (a) Labor, (b) Business and Industry, (c) Science
and Health, (d) Education or Academe, (e) Urban Poor, (f) Indigenous
Peoples, (g) Peasants and Fisherfolks (h) Elderly and Disabled, (i)
Media and Arts, (j) representative of the National Council of Women in
the Philippines.
The
incumbent members of the Commission, however, shall continue in office
unless replaced or removed from office by the President.”
Sec. 2. Two (2) new sections between Section s 5
and 6 of Executive Order No. 208 are hereby inserted as follows:
“Sec
6. New Staffing Pattern. — The Commission is hereby
authorized to review, and with the approval of the Department of Budget
and Management, revise its staffing pattern to effectively and
efficiently undertake and accomplish its functions.
“Sec. 7.
Funding. — The initial funding requirements for the implementation of
this Order shall be charged against the current appropriations of the
Commission. The Department of Budget and Management is directed to
coordinate and assist the Commission in identifying and determining the
appropriate sources and amounts of the funds to cover deficiencies in
the Commission’s requirements. Thereafter, funding requirements of the
Commission shall be imposed incorporated in the General Appropriations
Act.”
Sec. 3. Sec. 6 of Executive Order No. 208 is
redenominated as Sec. 8.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 4th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-five.
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