Suspending the Implementation of E.O. No. 131 (January 30, 1987)

March 6, 1987

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 131-A

SUSPENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 131, DATED JANUARY 30, 1987

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 131 was issued by the President to reorganize the Ministry of Natural Resources;

WHEREAS, in the aforesaid reorganization measure, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources was identified as the line agency for the formulation and supervision of the government's resource development program on a unified and coordinated manner;

WHEREAS, new developments necessitate a review of the prior decision to combine the aspects of energy, environment and natural resources in one Department;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The implementation of Executive Order No. 131 is hereby suspended.

SECTION 2. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Seven.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 83 No. 26 Page 3014 on June 29, 1987.