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    The Supreme Court ruled that the President has the continuing authority to direct the reorganization of the Department of Health through an executive order. The Constitution gives the President control over all executive departments and agencies. The Department of Health is an executive agency under the supervision of the President. Therefore, Executive Order 102, which directed the reorganization of the Department of Health to refocus its mandate, was a valid exercise of the President's authority and did not usurp any legislative powers.

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    The Supreme Court ruled that the President has the continuing authority to direct the reorganization of the Department of Health through an executive order. The Constitution gives the President control over all executive departments and agencies. The Department of Health is an executive agency under the supervision of the President. Therefore, Executive Order 102, which directed the reorganization of the Department of Health to refocus its mandate, was a valid exercise of the President's authority and did not usurp any legislative powers.

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    The Supreme Court ruled that the President has the continuing authority to direct the reorganization of the Department of Health through an executive order. The Constitution gives the President control over all executive departments and agencies. The Department of Health is an executive agency under the supervision of the President. Therefore, Executive Order 102, which directed the reorganization of the Department of Health to refocus its mandate, was a valid exercise of the President's authority and did not usurp any legislative powers.

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    TONDO MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, Petitioners, vs.

    THE COURT OF
    APPEALS, Respondents.
    G.R. No. 167324 (July 17, 2007) Case Digest
    Ponente: CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
    Topic: Authority to reorganize

    Facts:
     President Estrada issued Executive Order No. 102, entitled "Redirecting the Functions and
    Operations of the Department of Health" under which the DOH refocused its mandate from
    being the sole provider of health services to being a provider of specific health services and
    technical assistance, as a result of the devolution of basic services to local government units.
    It tasked the DOH to prepare a Rationalization and Streamlining Plan (RSP) which shall be the
    basis of the intended changes.
     Petitioners contended that a law, such as EO 102, which effects the reorganization of the
    DOH, should be enacted by Congress in the exercise of its legislative function, hence, EO 102
    is void, having been issued in excess of the President's authority.
     Petitioners originally filed a Petition for Certiorari, Prohibition and Mandamus under Rule 65
    before the Supreme Court (SC) who referred the petition to the Court of Appeals (CA).
     The CA denied the petition due to a number of procedural defects. On the substantial issues,
    the CA held that:
     the assertion that Executive Order No. 102 is detrimental to the health of the people
    cannot be made a justiciable issue. The question of whether the HSRA will bring about
    the development or disintegration of the health sector is within the realm of the
    political department.
     the President was empowered to issue EO 102, in accordance with Section 17 Article
    VII of the 1987 Constitution.
     Motion for Reconsideration was denied. Hence, the present petition.

    Issue: Whether or not the continuing authority to direct the organization of the Department of
    Health is vested upon the Congress in the exercise of its legislative function?

    Held: No. The President has continuing authority to direct the reorganization of the Executive
    Department. This Court has already ruled that the President may, by executive or administrative
    order, direct the reorganization of government entities under the Executive Department. This is
    sanctioned under the Constitution, as well as other statutes. Section 17, Article VII of the 1987
    Constitution, clearly states: "[T]he president shall have control of all executive departments,
    bureaus and offices."

    The Administrative Code provides that the Office of the President consists of the Office of the
    President Proper and the agencies under it. The DOH is among the cabinet-level departments
    enumerated under Book IV of the Administrative Code. Indubitably, the DOH is an agency which is
    under the supervision and control of the President and, thus, part of the Office of the President.
    Consequently, Section 31, Book III, Chapter 10 of the Administrative Code, granting the President
    the continued authority to reorganize the Office of the President, extends to the DOH.

    Clearly, Executive Order No. 102 is well within the constitutional power of the President to issue.
    The President did not usurp any legislative prerogative in issuing Executive Order No. 102.

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