{"id":209217,"date":"2019-04-09T22:42:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T02:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=209217"},"modified":"2019-04-09T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T02:42:11","slug":"duterte-approves-in-principle-eo-to-address-water-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/09\/duterte-approves-in-principle-eo-to-address-water-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte approves \u2018in principle\u2019 EO to address water shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With a water department, Nograles said the next administration would first have to pass through Congress before it is replaced. (Shutterstock File Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte has approved \u201cin principle\u201d the proposed executive order (EO) to address the water supply shortage in the country amid the ongoing El Ni\u00f1o or prolonged dry spell, a Palace official said.<\/p>\n

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the President made this decision on the proposed EO during the last Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn principle, the President has already approved it during the last Cabinet meeting. So the draft has been given to the Office of the Executive Secretary already for vetting,\u201d Nograles told reporters in an interview on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo finalization\u00a0na lang yun ng<\/em>\u00a0draft,\u00a0so pipirmahan na lang yun ng Pangulo<\/em>\u00a0(So all that\u2019s left is finalization of the draft, then the President would sign it),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Nograles said among the provisions of the proposed EO is the reconstitution of the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) into a body under the supervision of the Office of the President (OP).<\/p>\n

At present, the NWRB is under the supervision of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources by virtue of EO 123 s. 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best thing to do that is to put them under the Office of the President, so pending Congress passing the Department of Water, this is the fastest way that we can resolve all our water resource issues and concerns,\u201d Nograles said.<\/p>\n

However, he said this integration will not disrupt or dissolve any related agency.<\/p>\n

Also under the EO, Nograles said government will be able to review all \u201conerous\u201d contracts including those between the government and water concessionaires.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsa yan sa ire-<\/em>review (That\u2019s one of the contracts that will be reviewed) under the Office of the President, so the concessionaire agreement,\u201d Nograles said.<\/p>\n

Nograles, meanwhile, said the proposal to establish a water department should be brought up during the next Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting.<\/p>\n

The LEDAC is a widely represented consultative and advisory body to the President on economic and development matters, aiming the integration of the legislative agenda with the national development plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cTingin ko kailangan na<\/em>\u00a0[ilagay sa<\/em>\u00a0LEDAC] (I think this should be put in the LEDAC agenda) because of the fragmented approach that we have,\u201d Nograles said, noting that the EO to solve the water crisis may be amended by the next administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cYung EO na gagawin natin<\/em>\u00a0can be superseded and amended by the next administration, so\u00a0ang problema nyan kung maganda naman yung ginagawa natin tapos pumalit yung bagong administrasyon<\/em>, (The EO can be superseded and amended by the next administration so the problem is if we make something good but the next administration replaces it) they will just overrule or cancel that EO then we go back to our old ways,\u201d Nograles said.<\/p>\n

With a water department, Nograles said the next administration would first have to pass through Congress before it is replaced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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