Chapter 8 Power of the Regional Governor to Reorganize SEC. 18. Continuing Authority of the Regional Governor to Reorganize. - The Regional Governor, subject to the policy in the Executive Office and in order to achieve simplicity, economy and efficiency, shall have continuing authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of the Regional Governor subject to Civil Service Laws. For this purpose, he/she may take any of the following actions: (1) Restructure the internal organization of the Office of the Regional Governor Proper by abolishing, consolidating or merging units thereof or transferring functions from one unit to another; (2) Transfer any function under the Office of the Regional Governor to any other department or agency as well as transfer functions to the Office of the Regional Governor from other departments and agencies; and (3) Transfer any agency under the Office of the Regional Governor to any other department or agency as well as transfer agencies to the Office of the Regional Governor from other departments or agencies. BOOK IV GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH Chapter 1 The Executive Department SECTION 1. The Executive Power. - The Executive Power shall be vested in a Regional Governor. He/she shall be the chief executive officer of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. As such, he/she shall ensure that all applicable laws be faithfully executed through the government agencies, government-owned or controlled corporations, and local government units. Except in cases where the Chief Executive is required by the Organic law or other applicable law to act in person or the exigencies of the situation demand that he/she act personally, the multifarious executive and administrative functions of the Regional Governor are performed by and through the regional departments and line agencies. The acts of the Regional Cabinet Secretaries of such departments, performed and promulgated in the regular course of business, are, unless disapproved or reprobated by the Chief Executive, presumptively the acts of the Chief Executive. SEC. 2. Executive and Administrative Organizations. - The executive and administrative organizations are adjuncts of the Executive Department and the heads of these organizations are assistants and agents of the Chief Executive. SEC. 3. Department’s Purpose and Policy. - There shall be Departments established, organized and administered to assist the Regional Governor in the functional distribution of his/her work and the performance of their functions as provided by law or the Organic Act which 36