EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 258, December 13, 2003

RECONSTITUTING THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE DIWALWAL

WHEREAS, the Office of the President had issued Executive Order No. 217 dated June 17, 2003 creating the National Task Force Diwalwal to address the urgent need to formulate specifically focused policies and coordinate the implementation of measures thereof by all concerned government agencies with respect to the vital concerns of the government and to rationalize all mining activities in the area;

WHEREAS, recent developments in the course of implementing Executive Order No. 217 have necessitated the reconstitution of the National Task Force Diwalwal to streamline its functioning and better address issues affecting stakeholders as represented by concerned government agencies not included in the original composition of the Task Force.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. Reconstitution of National Task Force (NTF) Diwalwal. The National Task Force Diwalwal is hereby reconstituted to be composed of the following:

Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources	- Head
Secretary of National Defense	- Assistant Head
Secretary of Social Welfare and Development	- Assistant Head
Secretary of Justice	- Member
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government	- Member
Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority	- Member
Press Secretary	- Member
Solicitor General	- Member
Commissioner, Bureau of Internal Revenue	- Member
Chairman, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples	- Member
Provincial Governor, Compostela Valley	- Member
Municipal Mayor, Monkayo, Compostela Valley	- Member

Section 2. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 13th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO

Executive Secretary