THE TITLE OF EO 47 WAS WORDED TO DELIBERATELY MISLEAD BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE ICT STAKEHOLDERS

EO 47 used the action words “reorganizing, renaming and transferring” CICT when in fact is serve to dissolve and abolish the CICT. The framing of the title itself has been made to hide the real intent of the executive order.

When the President probably read EO 47 beginning with its title, he did not realize its real effect because the framers of EO 47 shielded the eyes of the President from seeing that it really is a piece of document that abolishes the CICT, the same CICT to which he appointed a new commissioner just a few days prior. All the positions of the commissioners and the chair of CICT where dissolved by reason of EO 47 – that in effect, is not synonymous to a re-organization much more so a renaming. The fact that the CICT is a cabinet-level commission directly under the Office of the President, while the office created by EO 47 is under the DOST – do not speak of a mere transfer.

The ICT office that EO 47 created under DOST is going to be manned by an executive director. EO 47 effectively abolished the four efficient and operational groups with assigned commissioners under the CICT, namely the HCD, Infrastructure Management, Cyberservices and e-Governance.

by Jocelle Batapa Sigue