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Executive Order No. 51 (2011)

Executive Order No. 51 (2011)

as a consequence of the said, synchronization of elections, there is a need to appoint Officers-in-Charge (OICs) for the Office of the Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor, and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly, who shall perform the functions pertaining to the said offices until the officials duly elected in the May 2013 elections shall have qualified and assumed office; and

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SECTION 1

Screening Committee

SECTION 1.

Screening Committee. Pursuant to Section 4 of R.A. No. 10153, a Screening Committee is hereby created with the following as members:

a) Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG);

b) Secretary, Department of National Defense (DND);

c) Political Adviser, Office of the Political Adviser (OPA);

d) One (1) Civil Society Representative to be appointed by the President; and

e) One (1) Representative to be nominated from among, and by the five (5) governors and one (1) city mayor of ARMM.

SECTION 2

Organization of the Screening Committee

SECTION 2.

Organization of the Screening Committee. The DILG Secretary shall convene the Screening Committee (Committee) immediately upon effectivity of this Executive Order. The DILG Secretary shall preside at the opening session until a Chairman is elected by the Committee.

SECTION 3

The Secretariat

SECTION 3.

The Secretariat. The President—s Personnel Group Secretariat (PPGS) of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) shall be the Secretariat of the Committee. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) and the DILG shall provide assistance to the Secretariat as may be required.

SECTION 4

Tasks and Functions

SECTION 4.

Tasks and Functions. Pursuant to its mandate, the Screening Committee shall, within thirty (30) days from convening but not later than ten (10) days before 30 September 2011, submit to the President, after due consultations with the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a shortlist of at least three (3) nominees to every vacancy in the elective positions in the ARMM Regional Government.

SECTION 5

Qualifications of Applicant

SECTION 5.

Qualifications of Applicant. No person shall be recommended as OIC unless he/she possesses the qualifications required by R.A. No: 6734 and R.A. No. 9054. In the determination of the qualifications of applicant, the Committee shall consider educational preparation, experience, performance, accomplishments, reputation for honesty, integrity, incorruptibility, irreproachable conduct, and fidelity to sound moral and ethical standards.

SECTION 6

Internal Rules

SECTION 6.

Internal Rules. The Committee shall promulgate its own rules and regulations in the screening of applicants to carry out the provisions of this Executive Order and applicable laws.

SECTION 7

Funding

SECTION 7.

Funding. The funding requirements of the Committee shall be provided by the Office of the President.

SECTION 8

Separability Clause

SECTION 8.

Separability Clause. If any provision of this Executive Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 9

Repealing Clause

SECTION 9.

Repealing Clause. All orders, rules, regulations, and issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

SECTION 10

Effectivity

SECTION 10.

Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 28th day of July, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

By the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR. Executive Secretary