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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.
CREA.TING THE OFFICE
RECALLING
in Article"'II,
LIBRAR"Y
122-B
FOR NORTHEP,N CULTURAL COMMUNTTIES
that the reorganization
of the
Section
I (a), and Article
III
government is mandated
expressly
of the Fr:eedom Constitution;
HAVING IN MIND that,
pursuant
to Executive
Order No.5
{1986),
it
is
directed
that necessary and proper changes in the organizational
and functional
structures
of the government,
its ager.cies and instrumentalities,
be effected
in
order
to promote efficiency
and effectiveness
in the delivery
of
public
services;
BELIEVING
that the new government is committed to formulate
more vLgorous
policies,
plans,
programs and projects
for Tribal
Filipinos,
otherwise
known as
Indigenous
Cultural
Communities,
taking into
consideration
their
communal
aspirations,
customs,
traditions,
beliefs
aond interests
in order to promote and
preser\Te
their
rich cultural
heritage
and insure
their
participation
in
the
country's
development
for national
unity;
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M
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Title.
AFFIRMING that
the
creation
of a specialized
agency
duly
'ppropriate
powers and functions
has become necessary
to effectively
~uch policies,
plans~ programs and projects;
#!.NO~"'j
virtues
and the
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of the powers vested
Freedom Constitution,
SECTION 1.
Act
T
~,
Creating
Office
A~' J NO
T
,<'.I.
,
~
rt"eS
in me by the sovereign
do hereby order:
id en t or
~
will
'iested
with8.1
implement
t ..e
n
!;. '1 i
i~
..nl... pp Lies,
of the
.ThisNorthern
ExecutiveCulturai
Order Communities.
shall otherwise
For
Filipino
'-
OJ'
People
be known as the.
the
SEC. 2.
Office
For
Northern
Cultural
Communit.les.
The
Office
for
Northern
Cultural
Coiiimi:inities,
encompassing all members of tribal
grou~s
in
Regions.I,
II and III,
hereinafter
referred
to as
Office
is hereby created,
in
accordance
with the provisions
of this Executive
Order and subject
to
the
super'lision
and contro.l
of the President.
SEC.
3.
Declaration
of Policy.
It is henc-eforth
the policy
of the State
to ensure the rights
and well-being
of ~1orthern Cultural
Communities,
which
consist
of non-Muslim'hilltribes
and ethnolinguistic
minority
groupst
with due
regard to their
beliefst
customst
traditions
and institutionst
as t~ell as to
further
ensure their
contribution
to national
goals and aspirations
and to make
them active
participants
in nation-building.
SEC.
traditions!
in
4.
conformity
_developme
[} t.
Manda te.
i1!;~IJonG
with
the
The
Office
shall- preserv-e and develop
and w~_l:J.~b~,I.ng_of_tb_e__nortllern
culttl-rai
~ountry's
113ws and
in
consonance
wlth
national
the cuI ture,
communiti$?s,
unity
anti
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