PDEA EO 218 - Strengthening The Support Mechanism For The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
PDEA EO 218 - Strengthening The Support Mechanism For The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
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9165), the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) was created for the efficient and effective
law enforcement of all the provisions on dangerous drugs and/or precursors and essential chemicals
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.A. No. 9165, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) is the policy-making and
strategy-formulating body in the planning and formulation of policies and programs on drug
WHEREAS, R.A. No. 9165 provides for the abolition of the drug enforcement units of the Philippines
National Police (PNP), the National Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Customs;
WHEREAS, the same Act also provides that the personnel of the abolished units shall continue to
perform their task as detail service with the PDEA until such time that the PDEA is fully operational
and is able to recruit a sufficient number of new personnel to do the task themselves;
WHEREAS, the PDEA, as the lead agency tasked to enforce R.A. No.9165, is still in its transition
period and still has to develop its institutional capabilities to be able to accomplishment its
mandated task;
WHEREAS, other agencies of the Government have trained drug enforcement personnel who can
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to pursue a forcefull, intensive and unrelenting campaign
against drug trafficking and the use of illegal drugs whether syndicated or street-level.
enforcement and prevention functions prior to the enactment of R.A. No. 9165 shall organize anti-
force created by the PNP. In the case of other task forces, created within the PNP or other agencies,
the President of the Philippines shall determine whether DDB or the PDEA shall exercise operational
supervision.
SECTION 3. Funding
Funds for the operation of the task forces shall be sourced from the mother agencies creating the
task force and from the gross receipts of lotto operations. For this purpose, the Philippine Charity
Sweeptakes Office is hereby ordered to create a standby fund in the amount of One Billion Pesos
(P1,000,000,000.00) to fund the operations of the PDEA and the task forces supporting it.
SECTION 4. Repeal
Executive Order No.206 dated May 15,2003 is hereby repealed. All orders, rules, regulations and
issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
SECTION 5. Effectivity