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WHEREAS, under law and jurisprudence, the President of the Philippines
has broad powers to reorganize the offices under her supervision and
control;
NOW[,] THEREFORE[,] I, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, by the powers vested
in me as President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. The Department of Agrarian Reform is hereby
transformed into the Department of Land Reform. It shall be
responsible for all land reform in the country, including agrarian reform,
urban land reform, and ancestral domain reform.
SECTION 2. The PCUP is hereby placed under the supervision and
control of the Department of Land Reform. The Chairman of the
PCUP shall be ex-officio Undersecretary of the Department of Land
Reform for Urban Land Reform.
SECTION 3. The NCIP is hereby placed under the supervision and control
of the Department of Land Reform. The Chairman of the NCIP shall be exofficio Undersecretary of the Department of Land Reform for Ancestral
Domain Reform.
SECTION 4. The PCUP and the NCIP shall have access to the services
provided by the Department's Finance, Management and Administrative
Office; Policy, Planning and Legal Affairs Office, Field Operations and
Support Services Office, and all other offices of the Department of Land
Reform.
SECTION 5. All previous issuances that conflict with this Executive Order
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 6. This Executive Order takes effect immediately. (Emphasis
and underscoring supplied)
E.O. No. 379, which amended E.O. No. 364 a month later or on October 26, 2004,
reads:
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 379
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 364 ENTITLED TRANSFORMING THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND
REFORM
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 8371 created the National Commission on
Indigenous Peoples;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Administrative Code of 1987, the President
has the continuing authority to reorganize the administrative structure of
the National Government.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
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