Legal Opinion E.O. Cdra
Legal Opinion E.O. Cdra
Legal Opinion E.O. Cdra
Region XII
Province of Cotabato
PROVINCIAL LEGAL OFFICE
Amas, Kidapawan City
Contact No. (064) 521-8080 (local 1190)
email add: [email protected]
Ma’am:
This has reference to your endorsement of a draft Executive Order entitled “An
Order Reconstituting the Planning Team of the Province Cotabato for the
Formulation of the Climate Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) Enhanced
Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan (PDPFP) ” dated
August 19, 2022 and was received by this office on August 19,2022, for legal
opinion.
Premises considered and save for some clerical errors and some addendums,
we found no legal infirmity in the foregoing E.O. hence, valid. As such, no
objection is hereby interposed for the issuance thereof by the Honorable
Governor of this Province.
I. Since the E.O. is in line with climate risk and reduction management the
corresponding plan that should be formulated as per R.A. 10121 is the
Provincial Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Plan;
II. In Section 1 thereof, for consistency to the subject of the E.O. ,the heading
should state as follows:
SECTION 2 Roles and Responsibilities. The team shall perform the following
functions:
a. Gather and organized data on climate change, disaster and hazards to which
the Province and its constituency have been exposed of or is at risk of;
b. Ascertain the capacity of the Province i.e., the combination of all strengths
and resources available within the Province that can reduce the level of risk,
or effects of a disaster and/or hazard;
c. Identify and assess all the risk i.e, the probability of harmful consequences, or
expected losses (deaths, injuries, properties, livelihood, properties, economic
activity disruption or environment damage) resulting from interactions
between natural, human-induced hazards and vulnerable condition;
g. Furnish the CDRA Report to appropriate offices for their references and
implementation/action.;
h. Review and Update the existing Disaster Risk Assessment (DRR) report and
the Climate Change Adaption (CCA) report; and
i. After risk assessment formulate the Provincial Disaster Risk and Reduction
Management Plan;
BY: