EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.

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Series of 2023

AN ORDER RECONSTITUTING THE COMPOSITION OF MUNICIPAL PRICE

COORDINATING COUNCIL (MPCC) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT
OF SURALLAH, PROVIDING FUNCTIONS AND POWERS THEREOF AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, in the interest of public service, and in the light of the impending increase
of the price of rice and other basic commodities due to the volatile movement in the
price of crude oil in the world market, all Local Chief Executives are strongly encouraged
to activate their Local Price Coordinating Councils (LPCCs) or to organize the said
Councils where there are none, for consumer protection purposes, and for a more
purposive and sustained monitoring of selected prime commodities pursuant to
Republic Act No. 7581, otherwise known as the “Price Act”, and Republic Act No. 71,
otherwise known as the “Price Tag Law”, such action is necessary and urgent to forestall
hardships among our countrymen;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 7581 provides for the protection of consumers by
prescribing measures against undue price increases during emergency situations. It
empowers the President, upon the recommendation of the National Price Coordinating
Council, to impose price ceiling on any basic necessity or prime commodity if any of the
following conditions so warrant;

a) Impendency, existence, or effects of calamity;`

b) Threat, existence, or effects of an emergency
c) Prevalence or widespread acts of illegal price manipulation;
d) Impendency, existence, or effect of any event that causes artificial and
unreasonable increase in the price of the basic commodity; and
e) Whenever the prevailing price of a basic necessity or prime commodity has risen
to unreasonable levels.

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 71, on the other hand, requires that all articles of
commerce and trade offered for sale to public at retail shall be publicly displayed with
appropriate tags or labels indicating the prices of such articles and such articles to be
sold uniformly and without discrimination at the stated price.

NOW, THERFORE, by virtue of the power vested in me by law as the Local Chief
Executive of the Municipality of Surallah, I, PEDRO M. MATINONG, JR., do hereby
reconstitute the composition of Municipal Price Coordinating Council (MPCC) of The
Local Government Unit of Surallah, providing functions and powers thereof and for
other purposes, to wit:

SECTION 1. COMPOSITION. The MPCC shall be composed of the following:

Chairperson: HON. PEDRO M. MATINONG JR.

Municipal Mayor

Vice Chairperson: ATTY. ANTONIO O. BENDITA

Municipal Vice Mayor

Members: HON. IAN CRISTOPHER B. ESCLETO

SB Chairman on Trade, Investment, Economic, Enterprise & Livelihood

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 BENJAMIN S. DATINGUINOO
Municipal Administrator

JENNIFER C. MATINONG
Private Secretary - II

JOYCE A. LUBATON, EnP

Municipal Planning & Development Office

ENGR. YOLANDA B. PLAIRA

Municipal Environment & Natural Resources Office

LOEL S. NILLOS
Office of the Municipal Agriculturist

ROLAN ELISAN
Market Supervisor

RONNIE ARMADA
Business Permits & Licensing Office

DR. NEIL T. CRESPO

Municipal Health Office

ANDREW IAN DORMITORIO

Municipal Economic Enterprise Management Office

RICTONIEL T. REGINIO
Provincial Director
DTI South Cotabato

LINDA TOLENTINO
Market Vendors Representative (SMSOA President)

PLTCOL CONDRADO N. JOVERO JR.

Surallah Municipal Police Station

KRISTINE TANUCAN
Community Information and Development Office

MARIA FE SOTTO
Municipal Local Government Operations Office

SECTION 2. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS. The MPCC shall perform the following
powers and functions:

1. Coordinate and rationalize programs of member-agencies in the respective

provinces, cities and municipalities to stabilize prices and supply of basic
necessities and prime commodities.
2. Recommend to the National Price Coordinating Council or to implementing
agencies the suggested retail prices of basic necessities and prime commodities;
3. Conduct in-depth analysis on the causes of price fluctuations;
4. Recommend appropriate steps to correct unwarranted price increases and supply
shortages;

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 5. Conduct regular inspections of public and private markets, as well as rice
warehouses;
6. Ensure the activation of hotlines, Consumers Complaints Desks and Timbangan
ng Bayan;
7. Deputation of Barangay Officials and NGOs to monitor abnormal price increases;
and
8. Active coordination with other appropriate government agencies to prevent
unwarranted price increases and hoarding of rice and other prime commodities.

SECTION 3. SECRETARIAT. ENGR. YOLANDA B. PLAIRA of the Municipal

Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) shall act as the secretariate of the
MPCC of Surallah, which shall handle all the Council’s technical and administrative
matters as well as the safekeeping and systematic filing of documents and records of the
Council.

SECTION 4. MEETINGS AND QUORUM. The MPCC shall meet at least once (1)
every quarter or as often as may be necessary. Special meetings may be called for,
depending upon the urgency of the agenda. A majority of the members of the Council
shall constitute a quorum, provided that the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson are
present, particularly, when there is a recommendation for the implementation of
suggested retail prices of basic necessities and prime commodities.

SECTION 5. DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATE MEMBERS. To always ensure the

representation and participation of all concerned offices, the herein members of the
MPCC-Surallah shall designate through a formal Designation Order or Office Order
his/her alternate. The alternate shall serve as the representative during the absence of
the member and shall therefore be accorded with full authority as that of the member.

SECTION 6. REPEALING CLAUSE. All executive orders, proclamations, rules,

regulations, previous issuances, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provision of this
Order are hereby repealed, amended, and modified.

SECTION 7. EFFECTIVITY. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done this _________________, at Surallah, South Cotabato.

PEDRO M. MATINONG, JR.

Municipal Mayor

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