MANILA -- Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar on Thursday announced the creation of a Turnover Committee tasked to facilitate the implementation of Republic Act 11239 or the law abolishing the Road Board.
Through Department Order No. 35, series of 2019, Villar formed the committee that will also come up with the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the law.
Aside from crafting the IRR, the panel will work on the transfer of all records, property, and funds, among others.
“This committee will be in charge with coordinating and facilitating the transfer of all records, property, assets, equipment and funds of the Road Board, including unexpended appropriations or allocations,” Villar said in a statement.
The committee will be headed by DPWH Assistant Secretary Eduardo Ramos, and will be composed of the respective directors of the offices of Finance Service, Human Resource and Administrative Service, Information Management Service, Legal Service, Planning Service, and Bureau of Equipment.
Also part of its job, Villar said, is to evaluate the position description of the existing permanent positions of the Road Board and recommend, if necessary, the absorption of these employees, and determine the particular office to which they will be re-assigned.
Last month, President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed RA 11239, which abolished the Road Board.
The Board, under RA 8794, is tasked to manage the funds collected from the motor vehicle user’s charge, which is used for road maintenance and drainage, among others.
Duterte has always called for the abolition of the Road Board, which he tagged as a "milking cow" for corruption. (PNA)
