EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 321
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 321 - DIRECTING
THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES BETWEEN AND AMONG THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
as a result of the continuing reorganization of government, there is a
need to rationalize the use of certain government properties to
maximize savings;
WHEREAS, modern policing requires the strategic location of police
headquarters in the center of the city or metropolis to better serve
the citizenry;
WHEREAS, the Main Building of the Economic Intelligence and
Investigation Bureau (EIIB), which will be vacated soon as a result of
the EIIB’s winding-up, is located at the National Government Center,
Diliman, Quezon City, and, as such, is suitable to serve as
Headquarters of the Philippine National Police-National Capital Region
Police Office (PNP-NCRPO); likewise, some regional offices of the
Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) are located in police and
military camps throughout the country;
WHEREAS, it is advisable that the new Central Management Information
Office (CMIO) of the Department of Finance (DOF) should hold office
near the DOF Building in Manila;
WHEREAS, there is a strong need to rationalize and coordinate the
turnover of the control, management, administration and supervision of
the aforesaid properties to the agencies concerned;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
Section 1. The EIIB Building and land located at the
National Government Center, Quezon City, is hereby transferred to the
PNP-NCRPO, which shall assume all outstanding obligations for the
purchase of the lot from the National Housing Authority, as well as
other liabilities for improvements introduced thereon. The amount
required for this purpose shall be incorporated in the annual budgetary
appropriation of the PNP.
Sec. 2. The two (2) office buildings currently
being used by the Regional Mobile Group of the PNP-NCRPO and the
warehouse of the PNP Logistic Support Services, all located at Camp
Bagong Diwa, Taguig, Metro Manila, are hereby assigned and transferred
for a period of ten (10) years to the DOF for its office use.
Sec. 3. The following properties formerly used as
EIIB Regional Offices shall remain in the possession of the DOF for a
period of ten (10) years for the benefit of its attached bureaus and
agencies, to wit:
a.
Land and building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. I,
located at Camp Diego Silang, San Fernando, La Union;
b. Land and
building formerly occupied by EIIB CAR Regional Office, located at Camp
Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad, Benguet;
c. Land and
building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. V, located at
Camp Gen. Simeon, Ola, Legaspi City;
d. Land and
building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. VI, located at
Camp Delgado, Iloilo City;
e. Land and
building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. VII, located at
Camp Sergio Osmeña, Cebu City;
f. Land and
building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. XI, located at
Camp Domingo Leonor, Davao City;
Sec. 4. The BLGF shall transfer title over the 6th
Floor, BF Condominium Building, Intramuros, Manila, to the DOF for use
of the CMIO.
Sec. 5. The EIIB main building, including the
equipment, furniture and fixtures, etc., found therein which the DOF
and/or its attached bureaus and agencies may no longer need for their
operations, shall be turned over to PNP-NCRPO.
Sec. 6. The amount of Ten Million Pesos
(P10,000,000.00) is hereby authorized to be set aside from the
President’s Contingent Fund to be used for the repair, rehabilitation,
improvement, maintenance and furnishings of the aforesaid properties.
Subsequent appropriations shall be incorporated in the budgetary
allocation of the DOF and the PNP.
Sec. 7. The DOF and the PNP are hereby authorized
to engage the services of private firms to undertake the work mentioned
in the preceding section by public bidding, subject to the usual
accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
Sec. 8. The DOF and the PNP shall formulate the
necessary guidelines and policies to implement this Order.
Sec. 9. There is hereby created an Inter-Agency
Committee to be chaired by the Executive Secretary with representatives
from the DOF, Department of Budget and Management, Department of the
Interior and Local Government and the PNP, as members, that will
monitor and oversee the implementation of this Order. The Committee
shall submit to the President a quarterly progress report on its
activities.
Sec. 10. All other orders, issuances or parts
thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
Sec. 11. This Executive Order takes effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand.
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