Calling Upon and Deputizing Recognized Non-Government and People's Organizations and Volunteers as well as Local Government Units to Assist the Government to Carry Out the Emergency Powers through the Monitoring or Implementation of Orders, Rules and Regulations

May 4, 1990

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 19

CALLING UPON AND DEPUTIZING RECOGNIZED NON-GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT THE EMERGENCY POWERS THROUGH THE MONITORING OR IMPLEMENTATION OF ORDERS, RULES AND REGULATIONS

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XII, Section 17 of the Constitution and Republic Act No. 6826, the President has issued Memorandum Orders and National Emergency Memorandum Orders as required by public interest and to implement the declared national policy under the law;

WHEREAS, Section 3 (2) (e) of Republic Act No. 6826 provides that the President may call upon and deputize recognized non-government and people's organizations and volunteers as well as local government units to assist the government to carry out these powers through the monitoring or implementation of orders, rules and regulations;

WHEREAS, the government needs the people's participation in carrying out the difficult task of economic reconstruction, deterring the occurrence of the failed December 1, 1989 rebellion and mutiny, and in bringing to our criminal justice system the persons responsible therefor as well as those who have taken advantage thereof during the state of the national emergency;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Republic Act No. 6826, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The Heads of the departments and agencies tasked to implement the Memorandum Orders and National Emergency Memorandum Orders promulgated by the President pursuant to Article XII, Section 17 of the Constitution and Republic Act No. 6826 are hereby directed to:

(a) Call upon and deputize recognized non-government and people's organizations and volunteers as well as local government units to assist the government to carry out the emergency powers through the monitoring or implementation of orders, rules and regulations;

(b) To provide for the orderly system of deputization, the terms and conditions therefor, and the identification of their deputized agents; and,

(c) To issue rules and regulations which may be necessary to implement this Memorandum Order.

SECTION 2. This urgent Memorandum Order shall take effect two (2) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of national circulation.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 4th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety.