Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRE SS
Second Regular Session
fl'busE BILL No.  9004
Jgpr4_ftcedby Rep. Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This bill seeks to provide an extension of the waived requirements for entry of former
More  Islamic  Liberation  Front  and  Moro  National  Liberation  Front  inembers  into  the
Philippine National Police, pursuant to the provisions of the Bangsamoro Organic Law. The
National Police Commission regulates the entry of individuals into the Philippine National
Police  and  provide  the  guidelines  and  documentary  requirements  to  be  complied  by  the
applicants.
This ledslative measure intends to ctve ample time to the former MILF and MNLF
combatants to apply for the vacant positions in the Police Redronal Office in the Bangsamoro,
since there have been a significant gap between the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic
Law  and  the  formulation  of guidelines  by  the  NAPOLCOM  and  the  Inter-Governmental
Relations Body. This bill also aims to realize the compliance to the inex on Normalization
under  the  Comprehensive  Agreement  on  the  Bangsamoro  (CAB)  and  the  Framework
Agreement  on  the  Bangsamoro  (FAB)  for  the  reintegration  of the  MILF  Combatants  to
mainstrcam society.
In view of the foregoing premises, the prompt approval of this measure is earnestly
soucht and recommended.
|st District, I,anao del Norte


Republic of the Philippines
HouSE oF REPREsnNTATlvEs
Quezon City
NINHTHENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
riousE BILL NO.  9o o4
Introdltced by _Bfp. Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo
AN ACT AMHNDING SECTION 2 ARTICLE XI OF REPUBLIC ACT NO.11054, THE
ORGANIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMOR0 AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM
MINDANAO, FOR THE PURPOSH 0F EXTENDING THE AVAILMENT PHRIOD 0F
WAIVED  REQUIRHMENTS  OF  THE  NATIONAL  POLICE  COMMISSION  T0
FACILITATE  THE  ENTRY  0F  MOR0  ISLAMIC  LIBERATION  FRONT  AND
MOR0   NATIONAL   LIBERATION   FRONT   MEMBHRS   IN   THE   PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL POLICE
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Represehiative.s Of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Article XI of RA 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law, is
hereby amended to include the following and read as follows:
"Section 2. Public Order and Safety. -The Philippine National Police
shall create a Pohce Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
which shall be organized, maintalned, supervised, and utilized for the primary
purpose  of  law  enforcement  and  maintenance  of  peace  and  order  in  the
Bangsamoro in accordance with Republic Act No. 6975, otherwise known as the
"Department Of Interior and Local Government Act  Of 199()"  as amendedbry
Republic Act  No.  8551,  otherwise known  as  the  "Philippine National  Police
Reform  and Reorganization Act of 1998." The Police Regional Office in the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region shall be under the direct operational control
and supervision of the Philippine National Police.
The Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous  Region
shall be lieaded by a Regional Director who shall, upon consultation with the
Chief Minister,  be appointed in accordance with Republic  Act No.  6975,  as
amended.
To facilitate entry into the Philippine National Police of Moro Islamic
Liberation  Front  and  Moro  National   Liberation  Front  members  from  the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, the age, height, and educational attaimnent
requirements may be waived by the National  Police  Commission,  subject to
existing rules and regulations: Prt)vJ.czecJ, THAT SUCH SHALL BE AVAILED
OF wlTHIN A PERIOD OF TEN (io) rmARs FROM RATIFlcATION OF
THIS ORGANIC LAW: Provj.czgc7, /ZtrJfrer, That the requirement of educational
attainment shall be complied within fifteen ( 15) years from their entry : Provj.c7ec7,


`¢#c7//};, That their ranks and grades shall be subject to existing laws, mles and
regulations governing the Philippine National Police.
SECTION 2.  Separability Clause. -If any section or provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional, the other section or provI.sion not so declared shall continue to be in full force
and effect.
SECTION 3. Repealing clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations and
other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
SECTION 4. Effectivity. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
complete publication in the Official Gazette and in at least two (2) national newspapers of
general  circulation,  and  one  (I)  local  newspaper of general  circulation  in  the  autonomous
region.
Approved,