Department of the Interior and Local Government

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Department of the Interior and Local Government
Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Seal - Logo.svg
Department overview
FormedMarch 22, 1897;126 years ago (1897-03-22)
Jurisdiction Government of the Philippines
Headquarters DILG-NAPOLCOM Center, EDSA cor. Quezon Avenue, Quezon City
14°38′39.9″N121°2′12.3″E / 14.644417°N 121.036750°E / 14.644417; 121.036750
Annual budget₱253.1 billion (2023) Increase2.svg [1]
Department executives
  • Benjamin Abalos Jr., Secretary
  • Atty. Kevin R. Carpeso, Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary
  • Rhazy Flor B. Fang, Spokesperson and Undersecretary for Plans, Public Affairs and Communications
Child agencies
Website www.dilg.gov.ph

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (Filipino : Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal), abbreviated as DILG, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry. [2]

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The DILG-Napolcom Center (right) beside the yet to be completed The Skysuites Tower (left), Quezon Avenue, EDSA QuezonAvenue,SantaCruzjf9729 05.JPG
The DILG-Napolcom Center (right) beside the yet to be completed The Skysuites Tower (left), Quezon Avenue, EDSA

The department is currently led by the secretary of the interior and local government, nominated by the president of the Philippines and confirmed by the Commission on Appointments. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet. The current secretary of the interior and local government is Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr.

History

The DILG traces its roots to the Tejeros Convention of March 22, 1897. As the Department of the Interior, it was among the first Cabinet positions of the proposed revolutionary Philippine government, wherein Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was elected president. The leader of Katipunan's Magdiwang faction, Andres Bonifacio, was originally elected director of the interior in the convention, but a controversial objection to his election led to the Magdiwang's walk-out and his refusal to accept the position. Gen. Pascual Alvarez would be appointed as secretary by Aguinaldo on April 17, 1897, during the Naic Assembly.

The Department of the Interior was officially enshrined on November 1, 1897, upon the promulgation of the Biak-na-Bato Republic, with Isabelo Artacho as secretary. Article XV of the Biak-na-Bato Constitution defined the powers and functions of the department that included statistics, roads and bridges, agriculture, public information and posts, and public order. [3]

Following the American occupation in 1901, the Department of the Interior was among the four departments created by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 222. [4] Americans headed the department until 1917, when Rafael Palma was appointed by Governor-General Francis Harrison following the passage of the Jones Law. The Interior Department was tasked with various functions ranging from supervision over local units, forest conservation, public instructions, control and supervision over the police, counter-insurgency, rehabilitation, community development and cooperatives development programs. [3]

At the onset of World War II, President Manuel L. Quezon abolished the department via Executive Order 390. It was resurrected as part of the Philippine Executive Commission in 1942 under the Japanese Occupation, but abolished once again the following year, upon the establishment of the Second Philippine Republic. Its secretary before the abolition, Jose P. Laurel, was elected Philippine president by the National Assembly.

The department was reinstated by President Sergio Osmeña months after the country's liberation from Japanese forces in December 1944. It was then merged with the Department of National Defense in July 1945. President Manuel Roxas' Executive Order No. 94 in 1947 split the Department of National Defense and the Interior, and tasked the newly reorganized Interior Department to supervise the administration of the Philippine Constabulary and all local political subdivisions, among others. [5]

A 1950 reorganization via Executive Order No. 383 (in pursuance of Republic Act 422) abolished the Interior Department once again. [6] Its functions were transferred to the Office of Local Government (later the Local Government and Civil Affairs Office) under the Office of the President.

On January 6, 1956, under President Ramon Magsaysay, the Presidential Assistant on Community Development (PACD) office was created via Executive Order No. 156, with functions resembling that of the Interior Department sans supervision over the police force. It was renamed the Presidential Arm on Community Development in 1966.

The department was restored on November 7, 1972, with the creation of the Department of Local Government and Community Development (DLGCD). The DLGCD was reorganized as a ministry in the parliamentary Batasang Pambansa in 1978, renamed the Ministry of Local Government in 1982, [7] and became the Department of Local Government (DLG) in 1987.

On December 13, 1990, Republic Act 6975 placed the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Philippine Public Safety College under the reorganized Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). [2] The new DILG merged the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), and all the bureaus, offices, and operating units of the former DLG under Executive Order No. 262. [8] RA 6975 paved the way for the union of the local governments and the police force after nearly four decades of separation.

List of secretaries of the interior and local government

Former seal. DILG Seal.png
Former seal.

Organizational structure

At present, the department is headed by the secretary of the interior and local government, with the following undersecretaries and assistant secretaries: [9]

Under the Office of the Secretary are the following offices and services:

A regional director is assigned to each of the 18 regions of the Philippines. A DILG Officer is assigned to every Province, Municipality, City, and Barangay.

Bureaus

The DILG is composed of three bureaus, namely:

Leagues

Recognized Leagues under the DILG:

Attached agencies

The following are attached to the DILG:

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References

  1. ↑ "People's Proposed Budget 2023" (PDF). Department of Budget and Management. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Republic Act No. 6975". The LAWPHiL Project. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "DILG: Who We Are" . Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Philippine Commission Act No. 222". PhilippineLaw.info. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Executive Order No. 94, s. 1947". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Republic Act No. 422". The LAWPHiL Project. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Executive Order No. 777, s. 1982". The LAWPHil Project. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Executive Order No. 262, s. 1987". The LAWPHiL Project. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Key Officials – DILG". www.dilg.gov.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  10. ↑ "BFP : Bureau of Fire Protection | To Save Lives and Properties".
  11. ↑ bjmp.gov.ph
  12. ↑ "Local Government Academy". lga.gov.ph.
  13. ↑ "NAPOLCOM – Home". www.napolcom.gov.ph.
  14. ↑ "ppsc.gov.ph". Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
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