MALAcANaN PALAcE
MANILA
tsYTHEPRESIDENT
OF THEPHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE
ORDERNO. 49
MANDATINGTHE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE MEMORANDUMOF
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CORDILLERA
PEOPLELIBERATION
ARMY'SFINAL DISPOSITION
OF ARMS AND FORCESAND ITS TRANSFORMATION
INTO A
POTENTSOCIO.ECONOMIC
AND UNARMEDFORCE''AND FOR
OTHERPURPOSES
WHEREAS,
the Government
and the Cordillera
PeoplesLiberation
Army
(CPLA)signedthe MountDataPeaceAccordon 13 september1986;
WHEREAS,Administrative
order (Ao) No. 1B (s. 2001)mandatedthe
integration
of the CPLAmembersintothe regularforceof the ArmedForcesof
the Philippines
(AFP)as officers,enlistedpeisonneland/oractiveauxiliaries
of
theCitizen
ArmedForceGeographical
Units(CAFGU)
andprovided
livelihood
for
them;
WHEREAS,
on 04 July2011,the Government
andthe Cordillera
Bodong
Administration
(CBA), CPLA signeda Memorandum
of Agreemententiled
"Towardsthe cPLAs Final Dispositionof Arms and Forces and its
Transformation
into a PotentSocio-Economic
and UnarmedForce"(Closure
Agreement);
WHEREAS,
the ClosureAgreement
coversall the areasthatAO No. 1B
soughtto achieve,in additiori
to puttingclosureto the MountDataPeaceAccord;
and
WHEREAS,
thereis a needto streamline
the operations
of government
with respectto the CBA and CPLA,promotecoherenceamonggovernment
agencies
in theirrelations
withCBAandCPLA,andavoidduplication
of efforts.
Now, THEREFORE,
l, BENIGNOs. AeulNo lll, presidentof the
Philippines,
by virlueof the powersvestedin me by law,do herebyorder:
SECTION1. Guidelineslmplementing
the ClosureAgreement.The
Officeof the Presidential
Adviseron the PeaceProcess(OPAPP)is hereby
authorized
to createguidelines
to fullyimplement
the Closure
Agreement.
sEcrloN 2. winding Down Processof Ao No. 18 (s. 2001);The
Department
of NationalDefense(DND)andtheArmedForcesof the Philippines
(AFP)are herebydirectedto implement
a windingdownprocessand closethe
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livelihood
programs
beingimplemented
underAo No. 1Bwithinsix (6) months
from the effectivityof this ExecutiveOrder.In relationthereto,the presidential
Adviseron the Peaceprocess(pApp) is herebydirectedto exerciseprimary
oversight
functionsto overseeand monitorthe effectiveand efficientwinding
downprocessof Ao No. 18. For this purpose,
the DNDand the AFp may carl
uponanyGovernment
agencyor officefor suchassistance
as maybe necessary
in the implementation
of thewindingdownactivities.
SECTION3. Assistance.All headsof departments,
agencies,
bureaus
andoffices,
including
government-owned
and-controlled
corpor"tionr,
are hereby
enjoined
to renderfull assistance
and cooperation
to the OpApp'as may be
required
to carryoutthe ClosureAgreement.
SECTION
4. Funding.The fundingfor the windingdownprocessof the
livelihoodprogramsshall be sourcedfrom the payapa at Masaganang
Pamayanan
(PAMANA)
funds.
SECTION
5. Separability
Clause.lf anyprovision
of thisExecutive
Order
is declaredinvalidor unconstitutional,
provisions
the other
not affectedthereby
shallremain
validandsubsisting.
sEcrloN 6. Repeatingclause. Ail orders,rules,regulations,
and
issuances,
or partsthereof,whichare inconsistent
withthis Execuiive
Order,are
herebyrepealed,
amended,
or modified
accordingly.
SECTION 7. Effectivity. This ExecutiveOrder shall take effect
immediately
uponpublication
in a newspaper
of generalcirculation.
D _ ON Ei n
, th e C i tyo f Ma nila,this tgr r r
yearof Our Lord,Two Thousandand Eleven.
C H OA "
day of
, in the
July
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