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SECTION 1
Health, Education, Livelihood, Progress Task Force-Central Mindanao (HELP-CM)
SECTION 1. Health, Education, Livelihood, Progress Task Force-Central Mindanao (HELP-CM).
— The HELP-CM is hereby formed and shall be composed of the following:
The Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (PAPP)
The Presidential Adviser for Mindanao
The Chairman, Government Peace Negotiating Panel with the MILF (GPNP-MILF)
The Regional Governor, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
The Provincial Governor of Maguindanao LibLex
The Provincial Governor of North Cotabato
The Provincial Governor of Sultan Kudarat
The Executive Officer, National Disaster Coordinating Council
The Region XII Director, Department of Social Welfare and Development
The Eastern Mindanao Commander, Armed Forces of the Philippines
The 6th Infantry Division Commander, Philippine Army
The Director, ARMM, Philippine National Police (PNP)
The HELP-CM Task Force shall be convened by the PAPP. Its Executive Officer shall be the Chairman, GPNP-MILF.
SECTION 2
Core Mandate
SECTION 2. Core Mandate.
— The HELP-CM Task Force shall be the mechanism for convergence, i.e., enhanced cooperation, coordination, policy consistency, adoption of a common framework, information sharing and problem-solving activities, of the different agencies in the MILF-related conflict-affected areas in Central Mindanao, to achieve the following goals:
Forging a peaceful, negotiated final political settlement with the MILF, including the effective implementation of ceasefire, development and monitoring agreements;
Addressing the concerns arising from continued armed hostilities, the protection and civilian communities and non-combatants, especially from lawless MILF renegades;
Reducing the impact of the conflict on the communities in the conflict-affected areas, especially the internally displaced persons (IDPs);
Pursuing “humanitarian offensives” to address the root causes of conflict, i.e., poverty and exclusion from access to education, employment and livelihood.
SECTION 3
Technical Support
SECTION 3. Technical Support.
— The GPNP-MILF Secretariat shall serve as the Secretariat for the HELP-CM Task Force and shall provide the necessary technical and administrative support. It shall also serve as the repository of all documents and records of the HELP-CM Task Force.
The HELP-CM Task Force may tap the assistance of, and may call upon, representatives of any government agency, government-owned and controlled corporation, civil society organization, international aid agency and other entities to assist in the performance of its mandate.
SECTION 4
Funding
SECTION 4. Funding.
— The Department of Budget and Management is hereby directed to release, through the GPNP-MILF, the amount of Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000) from the Contingent Fund to cover operational and project expenses of the HELP-CM Task Force.
SECTION 5
Effectivity
SECTION 5. Effectivity.
— This Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.
(Sgd.)
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary