

The CPLA will submit a quota allocation duly authenticated by its Chairman, Chief of Staff, or Deputy Chief of Staff.ĬPLA members who are not accommodated in the 264 quota allocation for integration into the regular force of the AFP may join the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Units (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary Companies to be organized under Section 6 hereof, in accordance with Executive Order No. The quota of the 264 CPLA members for integration shall be allocated correspondingly by province in order to ensure proportionate representation. This number shall be composed of fifteen (15) officers and two hundred and forty nine (249) enlisted personnel.

– The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shall integrate into the regular force an initial two hundred and sixty four (264) members of the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA). NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order: WHEREAS, there is a pressing need to activate six (6) Citizen Armed Force Geographical Units Active Auxiliary Companies and implement livelihood projects to accommodate members of the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army who cannot be integrated into the Armed Forces of the Philippines. WHEREAS, the proposed Terms of Reference (“Terms of Reference”) for the integration of the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army into the Armed Forces of the Philippines have been approved as expressed in a Memorandum dated of the Executive Secretary addressed to the Presidential Assistant for North Luzon 220 and pursuant to a Memorandum of Undertaking executed by and between representatives of the Government and the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army on August 11, 1999, there is a need for the immediate integration of qualified members of the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army into the Armed Forces of the Philippines WHEREAS, in view of Section 6 of Executive Order No. 220 provides that, within the framework of the Constitution and applicable laws, the restoration and maintenance of peace within the Cordilleras shall be a major concern of the Cordillera Administrative Region, that a regional security force shall be organized to assist in the defense and security of the region subject to guidelines issued for this purpose by the President after consultations with the Cordillera Administrative Region, other organizations, and appropriate agencies of the Government, and finally that the defense and security of the region shall be the responsibility of the National Government WHEREAS, Section 6 of Executive Order No. 220 dated July 15, 1987, creating a Cordillera Administrative Region, appropriating funds therefore and for other purposes, was issued

WHEREAS, pursuant to the joint agreement between, the Government and the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army as expressed in the Joint Statement of the Government Panel and the Cordillera Panel signed at Baguio City on March 27, 1987, Executive Order No. WHEREAS, the Government is committed to the peace and development of the Cordillera Administrative Region PROVIDING FOR THE INTEGRATION OF QUALIFIED MEMBERS OF THE CORDILLERA PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY INTO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
