bid to put back SFPD under ARMM
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has granted the request of the leadership of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to reconsider her decision to place the ARMM Social Fund for Peace and Development under the oversight of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).
ARMM Regional Governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan led on Saturday, a delegation, which included his cabinet members and regional assemblymen in Malacanang to ask the President to put back the control and supervision of the ARMM Social Fund to the regional government.
After Governor Ampatuan explained to the President the importance of retaining the ARMM Social Fund to the Regional Government, the President decided to reconsider her decision and directed the immediate amendment of Executive Order No. 496.
E.O. 496, which the President signed on January 23, 2006, placed the Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCO), ARMM Social Fund for Peace and Development, Mindanao Peace and Development Fund and Office on Muslim Affairs under the oversight of the OPAPP.
The ARMM leadership particularly brought to the attention of the President Section 2 of the said E.O. which provides “The Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process shall oversee and whenever appropriate, have the authority to direct and/or manage projects related to the government’s comprehensive peace and development efforts.”
The Regional Governor was elated with the favorable decision of the president. He thanked her and assured her that the leadership and the people of ARMM are all supportive to the President’s administration.
“We thank you Madam President for listening and granting our request. Rest assured that the entire leadership and officialdom of the ARMM are behind your leadership whatever happens,” Governor told the President during the meeting in Malacanang which lasted for about 30 minutes, amid a coup rumors against the administration.
Governor Ampatuan, who is the Regional Chairman of the Lakas- Christian Muslim Democrats party in the ARMM, has the support of at five provincial governors and least 95 percent of the 105 municipal mayors.His policy of consultative and participatory leadership has gained for hid 4-month old administration the support of the local government officials.
ARMM Social Fund is a US$33.6 government loan project from the World Bank, which was created by virtue of Executive Order 124 signed by the President on September 12, 2002 whose main purpose is to support the peace and development efforts of the government in the region.(BPI-ARMM)
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