05/02/2020 R.A. 6766 Cordillera communities; encourages creativity and critical thinking; promotes science and appropriate technology; respects indigenous culture; inculcates respect for human rights and the dignity of work; fosters love of God and neighbor, self-reliance, nationalism, solidarity and other desirable Filipino values; and contributes to the common good. Section 10. The development of the youth is a prime duty of the Cordillera Autonomous Region. Their effective participation and representation in public affairs shall be guaranteed. Section 11. Civilian authority shall remain supreme at all times for the protection of the freedom of the people and for the promotion of their safety and welfare. Section 12. The National Government shall provide financial assistance to the Cordillera Autonomous Region by appropriating such sums as may be necessary to accelerate the development of the region. Section 13. The Regional Government shall pursue a policy of holding consultations or public hearings on matters of local and regional priorities, plans and programs as well as transparency in the implementation of projects affecting the constituents of the local government units concerned. Section 14. The Regional Government shall pursue a policy of devolution of powers and functions whereby lower levels of government are entrusted with functions appropriate to them: Provided, however, That until a regional law implementing this provision is enacted, the Local Government Code shall be applicable. Section 15. The Regional Government shall recognize the role of organized sectors and groups to initiate the monitoring and investigation of fund utilization, work contracts and projects implementation, and the filing of charges for irregularities. Section 16. The Regional Government shall adopt measures to free the people from poverty, generate employment and develop a self-reliant economy effectively controlled by Filipinos. Section 17. It is the policy of the Cordillera Autonomous Region to prohibit the development, storage, use or transport of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons within the region. Section 18. The Regional Government shall, consistent with the Constitution and national laws and policies, provide incentives to investors, corporations and businesses but shall adopt measures to prevent the exploitation of natural and human resources and to ensure that such activities contribute to the development of the region and the democratic sharing of wealth and income among the inhabitants and local government units. Section 19. Subject to the Constitution and national policies, the Regional Government shall review all forms of future aid or loans to local government units in order to safeguard autonomy and enhance development. Section 20. Subject to the Constitution and national policies, the Regional Government shall set guidelines for energy production, public transportation and communications. Section 21. The Regional Government shall institute measures to promote courtesy, impartiality and integrity in public service and to eradicate nepotism, favoritism, graft and corruption, red tape and waste. Section 22. The Regional Government shall promote and harmonize the interests of both labor and capital and shall protect their respective rights. Section 23. The Regional Government shall ensure that women and men enjoy equality before the law and shall, in particular, prevent sex discrimination in the practice of professions, in conditions of, and opportunities for, employment or promotion. Section 24. The Regional Government shall enact laws to protect children against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation, particularly in employment harmful to their moral, physical, or mental health. Section 25. Except under a state of emergency, no military personnel shall be appointed or designated to any public position which is civilian in character, including government-owned or controlled corporations or any of their subsidiaries in the Regional Government. Neither shall they be appointed or designated to such positions within five (5) years from their separation or retirement from the military service. Section 26. The Regional Government shall take measures to prevent torture; other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment; and illegal detention and extra-judicial executions. Section 27. Subject to the Constitution and national policies, the Regional Government shall pursue reconciliation efforts and promote peace and demilitarization in the region. Section 28. The above principles and policies shall be in addition to the principles and policies embodied in the Constitution. ARTICLE III Powers of Government Section 1. The Cordillera Autonomous Region is a territorial and political subdivision administered by the Cordillera Government consisting of the Regional Government and local government units, under the general supervision of the President, and is hereby constituted as a municipal corporation vested with all the powers inherent in its character as such and those expressly granted to it by this Organic Act. Section 2. The Regional Government shall exercise powers and functions necessary for the proper governance and development of all provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangay or ili within the Autonomous Region consistent with the declared constitutional policy on regional and local autonomy and decentralization: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as to authorize the diminution of the powers and functions already enjoyed by local government units. Section 3. (A) The powers and functions of government in the Autonomous Region granted under Section 20 and 21, Article X of the Constitution shall be, where appropriate, share and exercised by the Regional Government and the local government units. (B) The Autonomous Region is a corporate entity with jurisdiction in all matters devolved to it by the Constitution and this Organic Act as herein enumerated: (a) Administrative organization; (b) Creation of sources of revenues; (c) Ancestral domain and natural resources; (d) Personal, family, property and tribal relations; (e) Urban and rural planning development; (f) Economic, social and tourism development; https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6766_1989.html 2/14