EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 247
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 247 -
SUPPLEMENTING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 191 ON THE DEACTIVATION OF THE
ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE AND INVESTIGATION BUREAU AND FOR OTHER MATTERS
WHEREAS,
Executive Order No. 191, series of 2000, directs the deactivation of
the Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB), including
the termination or integration of its employees, the transfer of its
assets and the performance of its functions by other agencies, due to
redundancy and duplication of functions;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6656 recognizes the need to protect the
security of tenure of civil service officers and employees in the
reorganization process without sacrificing the promotion of morale,
efficiency, integrity, responsiveness, progressiveness, and courtesy in
the civil service pursuant to Article IX, B, Sec. 3 of the
Constitution;
WHEREAS, there is a need to maintain and coordinate certain economic
intelligence operations in the Department of Finance (DoF) and its
attached bureaus and agencies;
WHEREAS, the deactivation of EIIB and the final disposition of its
personnel, assets, and liabilities require inter-agency coordination;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1. Creation of Task Force. — There is hereby
created a special Task Force to be headed by the Executive Secretary,
with the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Budget and Management,
and the Secretary of Justice as members, that shall provide policy
guidelines for the implementation of this executive order. The
implementing details for these guidelines shall be prepared and issued
by the Secretary of Finance.
Sec. 2. Transfer or Re-Employment of EIIB
Personnel. — EIIB personnel shall be given priority in hiring for
existing vacant positions in other government agencies, subject to
compliance with established qualification standards set by the
receiving agencies. The transfer to or re-employment of EIIB personnel
with other agencies shall be exempt from the prohibition on new hiring
under Administrative Order No. 100 dated 01 December 1999. All accrued
leave credits of EIIB personnel shall be paid within reasonable time
but subject to the availability of funds.
Sec. 3. Separation or Retirement of EIIB
Personnel. — All EIIB personnel shall be deemed separated from the
service effective 30 April 2000, pursuant to a bona fide reorganization
resulting to abolition, redundancy, merger, division, or consolidation
of positions in order to meet the exigencies of the service. EIIB
personnel qualified for retirement may elect optional retirement as
they may deem proper. All benefits, including payment of accrued leave
credits, that may lawfully be given to EIIB employees by virtue of
their transfer, retirement or separation from service shall be paid
within reasonable time but subject to the availability of funds.
Sec. 4. Performance of Functions by Other
Agencies. — Law enforcement and intelligence functions previously
performed by EIIB that relate to other agencies, such as the National
Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), shall be
transferred to or performed by the appropriate agency; Provided, That
the anti-smuggling activities shall remain with the Presidential
Anti-Smuggling Task Force “Aduana”, unless otherwise ordered by the
President.
Sec. 5. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. — All
assets and liabilities of EIIB, including but not limited to the
prosecution and defense of pending cases and seized goods, are hereby
transferred without cost to the DoF pending appropriate, final
disposition.
Sec. 6. Extension of Period. — The special Task
Force, in coordination with other concerned agencies, is hereby given
until 30 June 2000 within which to fully implement the deactivation of
EIIB. The special Task Force shall be assisted by a skeletal force for
the task of winding-up EIIB operations and the safekeeping of its
resources. Unless otherwise transferred to other agencies, members of
the skeletal force will be deemed separated from the service due to
abolition of position pursuant to reorganization effective 30 June
2000.
Sec. 7. Support of Other Agencies. — The Task
Force may request assistance from the Civil Service Commission and the
Commission on Audit and such other agencies as may be necessary to
assist in the smooth implementation of this Order.
Sec. 8. Funding Requirements. — Funds for existing
vacant positions in other agencies to be filled up by EIIB personnel,
positions to be transferred to other agencies, for the extension until
30 April 2000, and for the skeletal force shall be sourced from agency
savings or, upon request, augmented by the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM). The DBM shall give preference to the payment of
accrued leave credits, separation and retirement benefits to EIIB
personnel from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund. It shall also
augment the DoF budget to service amortization payments and maintenance
expenses for the EIIB building/s and other capital assets.
Sec. 9. Separability Clause. — Any portion or
provision of this Executive Order that may be declared unconstitutional
shall not have the effect of nullifying other portions or provisions of
the Order for as long as such remaining portions can still subsist and
be given effect.
Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. — All executive orders,
rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby
revoked or modified accordingly.
Sec. 11. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 20th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand.
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