Governor Petilla who
was recently endorsed as the chairman of the Regional Development of
Eastern Visayas, said that his vision is to make the RPOC in
Eastern Visayas,
not just an ordinary council for compliance, but one that matters.
The meeting which was
presided by DILG Director Francisco C. Jose, also saw the election of
Northern Samar Governor Paul Daza as the vice-chairman of the RPOC in
Region 8. It was observed that only the two governors were present
during the meeting but the other four were properly represented.
Since only one City in
the Region was represented, the City of
Maasin
will seat at the representative of the Cities in Region 8.
The body also
nominated six Private Sector Representatives. From among the six, the
RPOC chair will appoint three PSRs after security check.
The body unanimously
approved the motion to endorse Governor Petilla and Governor Daza as
the chair and vice-chair of RPOC 8 for appointment of DILG Secretary
Robredo with the approval of President Aquino.
Executive Order No.
773 issued on
January 5, 2009, called for further reorganization of the Peace and
Order Council. An unnumbered Memorandum dated
August 11, 2010 of
Secretary of Interior and Local Government Jesse M. Robredo enunciated
this.
The Regional Peace and
Order Council (RPOC) shall be composed of the region's Provincial
Governors, the Mayors of the Highly Urbanized Cities, the Presidents
of the Leagues of Municipalities, the regional counterparts of the
departments, offices and agencies enumerated in NPOC, wherever
applicable, with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman to be appointed by the
DILG with the approval of the President of the Philippines from among
the members of the Council.
In addition, there
shall be one representative of the Mayors of the Component Cities to
be chosen from among themselves. The Chairman of the RPOC shall
appoint the three (3) representatives of the private sector, upon
consultation with the members of the Council and upon acquiring the
appropriate security clearances. The regional counterpart of the CSAFP
shall be the Commander of the Infantry Division. Departments, offices
and agencies with no regional and/or field offices shall not sit in
the RPOC.
The duties and
functions of the RPOCs include, among others, to provide a forum for
dialogue and deliberation of major issues and problems affecting peace
and order, including insurgency; to recommend measures which will
improve or enhance peace and order and public safety in their
respective areas of responsibility, including anti-insurgency
measures; and to recommend measures to converge and orchestrate
internal security operations efforts of civil authorities and
agencies, military and police.
The other duties and
functions include, to apply moral suasion to and/or recommend
sanctions against local chief executives who are giving material and
political support to the Communist rebels; to monitor the provision of
livelihood and infrastructure development programs and projects in the
remote rural and indigenous population areas adopted to isolate them
from the Communist rebels' "Agitate/Arouse, Organize and Mobilize" and
ideological, political and organization works; and to perform all
other functions assigned by law, the President or the NPOC.
