Ronnie Puno Creates Task Force to Assist in ARMM Supervision
DILG Secretary Ronnie Puno ordered the creation of a task force to ssist him in exercising his powers of general supervision over the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which includes the conduct of financial reviews and making sure that the functions of the local chief executives in the area are performed in accordance with the law.
Sec. Ronnie Puno also ordered ARMM Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan to submit copies of the reports he had submitted to the Office of the President regarding the use of funds and financial assistance released to the region from the fourth quarter of 2008 up to the present.
Ampatuan was ordered to submit the reports within three days upon his receipt of the Secretary’s directive dated Dec. 1.
The Secretary also requested the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to clear with the DILG all future releases of funds to the ARMM and to help it in conducting a performance review of the Office of the ARMM Regional Governor.
Puno likewise asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit of the ARMM’s special funds and subsidies for this year and furnish the DILG a copy of its report on the autonomous region for 2008.
He also requested the Civil Service Commission to help the DILG in carrying out a personnel audit of the Office of the ARMM Regional Governor.
The President has the constitutional mandate to exercise general supervision over the autonomous regions to ensure that all laws in such areas are faithfully executed.
Last Nov. 27, President Arroyo issued Administrative Order No. 273, which transfers such powers of general supervision over the ARMM from the Office of the President to the DILG.
Through a department order, Puno named Undersecretary for Public Safety Marius Corpus as chairman of the task force that would assist him in carrying the task. Undersecretary for Local Government Austere Panadero, Assistant Secretary and Special Action Officer for Mindanao Concerns Sali Wali, Bureau of Local Government Supervision Director Rolando Acosta, and Police Director Sukarno Ikbala Sr. were assigned as members of the task force.
Ikbala, who is the director for human resources and doctrine development of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will likewise act as the executive officer and spokesman of the task force, Puno said in his directive.
“The Task Force is hereby authorized to mobilize other officials and technical staff of the Department,” Puno said.
In Department Order No. 1195, Puno said the task force will assist him in “ensuring that all the functions and duties of the Office of the Regional Governor [of the ARMM and its local government units] are performed in accordance with laws.”
The task force will likewise help the Secretary in undertaking the necessary performance and financial reviews; implementing management actions to improve overall performance and accountability; and coordinating other national government actions in the ARMM.
The task force is also authorized to adopt “other necessary measures, steps or actions to enhance governance in the ARMM,” Puno said.
Puno ordered Corpus to submit to him weekly reports on the progress of the work done by the task force.
Ronnie Puno Creates Task Force to Assist in ARMM Supervision
DILG Secretary Ronnie Puno ordered the creation of a task force to ssist him in exercising his powers of general supervision over the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which includes the conduct of financial reviews and making sure that the functions of the local chief executives in the area are performed in accordance with the law.
Sec. Ronnie Puno also ordered ARMM Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan to submit copies of the reports he had submitted to the Office of the President regarding the use of funds and financial assistance released to the region from the fourth quarter of 2008 up to the present.
Ampatuan was ordered to submit the reports within three days upon his receipt of the Secretary’s directive dated Dec. 1.
The Secretary also requested the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to clear with the DILG all future releases of funds to the ARMM and to help it in conducting a performance review of the Office of the ARMM Regional Governor.
Puno likewise asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit of the ARMM’s special funds and subsidies for this year and furnish the DILG a copy of its report on the autonomous region for 2008.
He also requested the Civil Service Commission to help the DILG in carrying out a personnel audit of the Office of the ARMM Regional Governor.
The President has the constitutional mandate to exercise general supervision over the autonomous regions to ensure that all laws in such areas are faithfully executed.
Last Nov. 27, President Arroyo issued Administrative Order No. 273, which transfers such powers of general supervision over the ARMM from the Office of the President to the DILG.
Through a department order, Puno named Undersecretary for Public Safety Marius Corpus as chairman of the task force that would assist him in carrying the task. Undersecretary for Local Government Austere Panadero, Assistant Secretary and Special Action Officer for Mindanao Concerns Sali Wali, Bureau of Local Government Supervision Director Rolando Acosta, and Police Director Sukarno Ikbala Sr. were assigned as members of the task force.
Ikbala, who is the director for human resources and doctrine development of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will likewise act as the executive officer and spokesman of the task force, Puno said in his directive.
“The Task Force is hereby authorized to mobilize other officials and technical staff of the Department,” Puno said.
In Department Order No. 1195, Puno said the task force will assist him in “ensuring that all the functions and duties of the Office of the Regional Governor [of the ARMM and its local government units] are performed in accordance with laws.”
The task force will likewise help the Secretary in undertaking the necessary performance and financial reviews; implementing management actions to improve overall performance and accountability; and coordinating other national government actions in the ARMM.
The task force is also authorized to adopt “other necessary measures, steps or actions to enhance governance in the ARMM,” Puno said.
Puno ordered Corpus to submit to him weekly reports on the progress of the work done by the task force.