MALACANAN MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 319 INSTITUTIONALIZING THE MORAL RECOVERY PROGRAM (MRP) IN ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND Ci OFFICES, INTROLLED AGENCIES AND CORPORATIONS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTEGRITY CIRCLES WHEREAS, the Preamble of the promulgates that "the sovereign Filipino peo} 987 Constitution ordains and ple imploring the aid of Almighty God in order to build a just and humane society and establish a government that shall embody our ideals and aspirati conserve and develop our patrimony and sect the blessing of independence and democracy regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equalit WHEREAS, Article II, Section 21 of Principles and State Policies further provide: honesty, integrity in the public service and tal and corruption"; WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 62 date Moral Recovery Program in response to thi resources of the Filipino people rooted in Fi that are pro God, pro people, pro country and WHEREAS, the same proclamation Program as official government policy and e all sectors in Filipino Society; WHEREAS, the MRP vision is a Filipi people-empowered, prosperous national co1 Freedom, Love and Peace governed by a democratic, responsive and effective, graft-fr with a community of civil and military competent, disciplined and trustworthy; WHEREAS, despite earlier prociamal consciousness, and issuance of the Code of Cy Public Officials and Employees (R.A. No. 67 discipline, dishonesty, patronage, etc., contim WHEREAS, during the Third National) Covenant for Peace and National Progress transformation was adopted requiring the Gi be institutionalized; 1 REPLYING. PLEASE CITE: ii i Lssesai ms, promote the common good, re to ourselves and our posterity under the rule of law and a and peace"; ¢ Constitution's Declaration of that "[T]he state shall maintain ¢ positive measures against graft 30 September 1992 declared a need to strengthen the moral llipino culture, values and ideals pro nature; ‘8 declared the Moral Recovery sjoined the active participation of ino nation that is God-centered, munity living in Unity, Justice, visionary government that is e, transparent and self-corrective servants who are professional, lions to create Moral Recovery nduct and Ethical Standards for 3), graft and corruption, lack of ue to taint the public service; Summit on Peace and Order, a rough moral enhancement and ernment Sector's action plan toee NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby enjoin and order: SECTION 1. All government instrumentalities and government-owned lepartments, offices, agencies, and controlled corporations are enjoined to establish Integrity Circles or any similar mechanism to lay the necessary foundations of the moral recove infusion into the organization's culture, syst Sec. 2. The Moral Recovery Program implementing arm of the MRP through the ci Group, shall monitor the implementation of government agencies through the designate: the agency | Sec. 3. The MRO designated by the aj Integrity Circles or similar mechanisms, si evolve mass action addressed at afiectin: appropriate systematic and structural chang Sec. 4. All the agencies concerned Resource Development (HRD)/Training implementation of their agency MRP; additi. as may be determined by the Department of Sec. 5. The agencies are required to p ty crusade for Filipino core value ms and processes; jational Secretariat, as designated nstituted Government Sector Core he MRP Integrity Circles of various d Moral Recovery Officer (MRO) of gency will initiate the formation of rategies and activities that would personal change and lead to within the agency. shall allocate 1% of their Human appropriation for the initial nal appropriation may be funded Budget and Management. vide support to the MRP Integrity Circle's efforts to prime moral recovery transformations among employees and develop role models at alll levels and sectors. See. 6. This Executive Order shall tak: Done in the City of Manila, this 3x4 Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Six BY THE PRESIDENT: ND. IRRES Executive Secretary ot effect immediately. day of April in the year of