The Presidential Management Staff (PMS) of the Office of the President (OP) spearheaded the facilitation meeting on the drafting of an Executive Order (EO) for Sustainable Land Use and Management last March 29, 2023, at the PMS Building in Arlegui, Malacañan compound.

Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III facilitated the meeting attended by representatives from the various departments involved in land use and management including the Departments of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Agriculture (DA), Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO), and the PMS.

Estrella emphasized that the EO should be aligned with the priority set by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on the passage of a National Land Use Act during his first State of the Nation Address last year.

As an executive decree, it can provide a mechanism for inter-agency cooperation but should never supplant established procedures and jurisdictions conferred by the law. The National Land Use Act, if passed by Congress, will provide the legal structure, procedure, system, and enforcement actions for land use management. But the key element in both an EO and the law once passed is to ensure food security.

Guided by the pronouncements of Secretary Estrella, the representatives of the various agencies submitted their comments and recommendations. A Technical Working Group has been set up to work on a version of the EO with the input of the agencies.

The DAR was represented by Undersecretaries Napoleon U. Galit, Marilyn B. Barua-Yap, and Luis Meinrado C. Pañgulayan.

Pinangunahan ng Presidential Management Staff (PMS) ng Office of the President (OP) ang facilitation meeting sa pagbalangkas ng Executive Order (EO) for Sustainable Land Use and Management noong Marso 29,2023 sa PMS Building sa Arlegui, Malacañan compound.

Pinangasiwaan ni Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III ang pagpupulong na dinaluhan ng mga kinatawan mula sa iba't ibang departamentong sangkot sa paggamit at pamamahala ng lupa kabilang ang Departments of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Agriculture (DA), Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Human Settlements at Urban Development (DHSUD), Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO), at ang PMS.

Binigyang-diin ni Estrella na dapat iayon ang EO sa prayoridad na itinakda ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa pagpasa ng National Land Use Act mula sa kanyang unang State of the Nation Address noong nakaraang taon.

Bilang isang executive dcree, maaari itong magbigay ng mekanismo para sa kooperasyon ng inter-agency ngunit hindi dapat palitan ang mga naitatag na pamamaraan at hurisdiksyon na ipinagkaloob ng batas. Ang National Land Use Act, kung ipapasa ng Kongreso, ay magbibigay ng legal na istruktura, pamamaraan, sistema, at mga aksyon sa pagpapatupad para sa pamamahala ng paggamit ng lupa. Ngunit ang pangunahing elemento sa parehong EO at ng batas kapag naipasa ay upang matiyak ang seguridad sa pagkain.

Sa gabay ng mga pahayag ni Kalihim Estrella, nagsumite ng kanilang mga komento at rekomendasyon ang mga kinatawan ng iba't ibang ahensya. Isang Technical Working Group ang na-set up para gumawa ng bersyon ng EO na may mga input ng mga ahensya.

Ang DAR ay kinatawan nina Undersecretaries Napoleon U. Galit, Marilyn B. Barua-Yap at Luis Meinrado C. Pañgulayan.