WHEREAS, Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution states that the Government may call upon the people to defend the State and require citizens to render personal military service, under conditions provided by law;

WHEREAS, Executive Order (EO) No. 264 (s. 1987) created the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) which, through the mobilization of CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) units, shall complement and support the regular forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in dealing with internal and external security threats;

WHEREAS, in recognition of the invaluable service of the members of the CAA units, EO No. 69 (s. 2018) granted them financial support in the amount of Seven Thousand Pesos (P7.000.00), covering the months of November and December 2018, and directed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to study and propose measures for the continuous grant of financial support on a monthly basis; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to EO No. 6% the DBM recommended appropriate measures to ensure the monthly grant of financial support to members of CAA units in a manner that is fiscally sustainable and compliant with existing budgeting, accounting and auditing laws, rules and regulations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby order:

Section 1. Grant of Financial Support to Qualified Members of CAA Units. Financial support in the amount of Two Thousand Pesos (P2.000.00) per month beginning 01 July 2019 is hereby granted to each member of the CAA units who meets the conditions prescribed in Section 2 of this Order.

Section 2. Coverage. Only duly-appointed members of the CAA units appearing in the roster maintained by the AFP and actually rendering services shall be entitled to the financial support herein set forth; provided, that those who are in the roster and have been appointed but are still undergoing training as of the aforementioned date, shall be entitled to a prorated portion of said financial support upon the satisfactory completion of the prescribed training.

Section 3. Funding. The funding requirements for the grant of financial support to qualified members of the CAA units shall be sourced from the current year's available appropriations. The funding requirements for the succeeding years shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act, subject to the submission of the actual number of qualified CAA members to the DBM.

Section 4. implementing Guidelines. The DBM and the Department of National Defense shall jointly issue appropriate guidelines to implement this Order.

Section 5. Separability. If any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 6. Repeal. All orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 7. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 8thday of November , in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Nineteen


By the President:

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary