Office of the President of the Philippines

For the position itself, see President of the Philippines. For the President's official residence, see Malacañang Palace.

The Office of the President of the Philippines (OP; Filipino: Tanggapan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas^[2]), is an administrative, advisory, and consultative government agency that aids the president of the Philippines in performing their duty as head of state and chief of the executive branch of government.

Office of the President of the Philippines
Tanggapan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas
Seal
Overview
Established	De jure: March 22, 1897; 126 years ago (1897-03-22) Issue date of establishing order: 1997; 26 years ago (1997)
Country	Philippines
Leader	Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin (Ret.), Executive Secretary Atty. Cheloy V. Garafil, Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office Usec. Elaine T. Masukat, Officer in Charge of the Presidential Management Staff Sec. Juan Ponce Enrile, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sec. Antonio Lagdameo Jr., Special Assistant to the President
Appointed by	President of the Philippines
Main organ	Cabinet
Responsible to	President of the Philippines
Annual budget	₱8.20 billion (2020)^[1]
Headquarters	Malacañang Palace, San Miguel, Manila
Website	op-proper.gov.ph

The office is housed within the Malacañang Palace complex in San Miguel, Manila.^[3]

History

The Office of the President (OP) was created through Administrative Order No. 322, s. 1997. The order was issued following the submission of position papers by the officials of the Department of History of the University of the Philippines, and the Board of National Historical Institute which conducted deliberations and consultations in four meetings held at the Malacañang Palace from May 5 to June 25, 1997.^[4]

The order established the office retroactively to the date of the date of the Tejeros Convention. The convention was held on March 22, 1897, which saw the election of Emilio Aguinaldo as President of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines.^[4]

The OP was abolished after the capture of Aguinaldo in 1901 by the Americans and was reinstated after the proclamation of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935.^[5]

Then-newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte reorganized the OP on June 30, 2016, when he issued his first Executive Order as president.^[6]

Powers

Mandate

The Office of the President's mandate is to provide administrative, advisory, consultative and other support services to the President in the latter's exercise of their powers and functions as Head of State and of the Executive Branch.^[7]

Core function

The executive powers of the President under the 1987 Constitution from which the Office of the President mandate emanates, includes among others the President's power of control over all the executive departments, bureaus and offices, and the chief executive departments, bureaus and offices, and the Chief Executive's Constitutional duty to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed. Based on said executive powers of the President, the OP proper would perform the following core functions:^[7]

• Respond to the specific needs and requirements of the President to achieve the purposes and objectives of the Office and the other agencies under it which include those under the chairmanship of the President, those under the supervision and control of the President, those under the supervision and control/administrative supervision of the OP, those attached to it for policy and program coordination, and those not placed by law or order creating them under any special department
• Provide advisory or consultative services to the President in such fields and under such conditions as the President may determine
• Provide technical and administrative support on matters concerning development and management, general government administration and internal administration
• Provide direct services to the President and, for this purpose, attend to functions and matters that are personal and pertain to the First Family.

Attached agencies

• Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA)
• Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB)
• Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA)
• Cagayan Special Economic Zone (CSEZ)
• Climate Change Commission (CCC)
• Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF)
• Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
• Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)
• Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP)
• Games and Amusements Board (GAB)
• National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
• Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
• Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS)
• Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA)
• Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB)
• National Archives of the Philippines (NAP)
• National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
• National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC)^[8]
• National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA)
• National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
• National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA)
• National Security Council (NSC)
• National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC)
• Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
• Optical Media Board (OMB)
• Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC)
• Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)
• Philippine Competition Commission (PCC)
• Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
• Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
• Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost)
• Philippine Racing Commission (PHILRACOM)
• Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA)
• Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)
• Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)
• Presidential Security Group (PSG)
• Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
• Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council (SCAD)

Former attached agencies

Listed below are agencies that have been abolished, transferred, integrated, merged, reorganized or renamed into the existing attached agencies under the Office of the President and the executive departments of the Philippines.

• Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) – transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry^[9][10]
• Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) – transferred to the Department of Agriculture^[11]
• Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) – abolished, merged with HLURB to establish the DHSUD by virtue of Republic Act No. 11201^[12]
• National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) – transferred to the Department of Social Welfare and Development
• National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) – transferred to the Department of Social Welfare and Development
• National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) – transferred to the Department of the Interior and Local Government
• National Food Authority (NFA) – transferred to the Department of Agriculture
• National Museum (NM) – renamed as National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), reorganized and attached solely to DepEd for budgetary purposes by virtue of Republic Act No. 11333^[13]
• National Youth Commission (NYC) – transferred to Department of the Interior and Local Government
• Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) – abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 93, s. 2019^[14] All Powers and Functions transferred to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Manila Bay Task Force.
• Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) – transferred to the Department of Agriculture
• Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) – transferred to the Department of the Interior and Local Government
• Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) – transferred to the Department of Social Welfare and Development
• Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) – transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry
• Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) - abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 1, s. 2022. All powers and functions transferred to the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs.
• Office of the Cabinet Secretary - abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 1, s. 2022. All powers and functions transferred to the Presidential Management Staff.
• Commission on Information and Communications Technology - abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 47, s. 2011, Merged with DOST-Information and Communications Technology Office and all operating units of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) with functions and responsibilities dealing with communications to establish the Department of Information and Communications Technology by virtue of Republic Act No. 10844.^[15]
• Office of the Presidential Spokesperson - abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 2, s. 2022. All powers and functions transferred to the Office of the Press Secretary.
• Office of the Press Secretary - renamed as Presidential Communications Operations Office on August 9, 2010 by virtue of Executive Order No. 4, s. 2010 and Presidential Communications Office on December 29, 2022 by virtue of Executive Order No. 11, s. 2022.

See also

• List of presidents of the Philippines
• Office of the Vice President of the Philippines

References

1. Aika Rey (January 8, 2020). "Where will the money go?". Rappler. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
2. [Names of Government Offices in Filipino] (PDF) (2013 ed.). Commission on the Filipino Language. 2013. p. 2. ISBN 978-971-0197-22-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
3. "Contact Us". Office of the President (Philippines). Retrieved November 9, 2017.
4. "OP History". Office of the President (Philippines). Retrieved November 9, 2017.
5. "The Executive Branch". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
6. "Duterte's first EO: Restructure Office of the President". July 4, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
7. "Mandate and Functions". Office of the President (Philippines). Retrieved November 9, 2017.
8. Corrales, Nestor (July 26, 2019). "Duterte signs law creating National Commission of Senior Citizens". INQUIRER.net.
9. "Executive Order No. 1, s. 2016". officialgazette.gov.ph. June 30, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
10. "Executive Order No. 67, s. 2018" (PDF). officialgazette.gov.ph. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
11. "Executive Order No. 62, s. 2017" (PDF). officialgazette.gov.ph. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
12. "Republic Act No. 11201" (PDF). officialgazette.gov.ph. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
13. "Republic Act No. 11333". officialgazette.gov.ph. April 26, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
14. "Executive Order No. 93, s. 2019". officialgazette.gov.ph. November 8, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
15. "Republic Act No. 10844" (PDF). officialgazette.gov.ph. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Mandate and Functions". Office of the President (Philippines). Retrieved November 9, 2017.