Nabanggit ang KPML sa website ng Presidential
Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) hinggil sa Background (History) ng
pagkakatayo ng PCUP. Kami po sa KPML ay lubos na nagpapasalamat sa PCUP sa mga
nagawa nito para sa maralitang lungsod. Mabuhay ang PCUP!
Narito ang kawing (link) at ang mga nakasaad sa
website:
BACKGROUND (HISTORY)
The 1960s saw the influx of migrants from the
countryside to the urban centers thinking that life is better in the cities.
The host cities, however, were not prepared to provide immediate employment
opportunities, decent housing and basic services to the migrants so they remain
unemployed or underpaid and unable to support themselves. Worst, they end up poorer
thereby magnifying the growing urban
poor statistics. The fear of ejection and violence haunted the poor as they
struggled for their place in society. When their situation worsened during the
1980s, urban poor groups banded together in search of possible solutions to
their problems as well as opportunities for consultation on matters that affect
them.
Two months after the February political revolt, on
April 10, 1986 the Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralitang Lungsod, or KPML, had a
dialogue with President Corazon C. Aquino and demanded for a moratorium on
demolition, and for the establishment of the Presidential Arm on Urban Poor
Affairs (PAUPA), a government unit that would allow avenues for the poor for
consultation and participation on things that concern them.
On May 30 to June 2, 1986, another alliance was
formed, the National Congress of Urban Poor Organizations (NACUPO), composed of
two major groups of varying ideological leanings. This new organization pursued
the same issues raised during their April 10 march to Malacanang. They stated,
however, that they wanted to change PAUPA to PCUP or Presidential Council on
Urban Poor.
On December 8, 1986, President Aquino issued
Executive Order No. 82 which created PCUP, mainly a coordinative and advocacy
body mandated to serve as the direct link of the urban poor to the government
in policy formulation and program implementation addressed to their needs”.
Indeed, the creation of PCUP is one of the noblest
and greatest legacy of President Corazon C. Aquino and a manifestation of her
love and respect for the rights and sentiments of the urban poor. It is only in
the Philippines that the Office of the President has an agency directly looking
after the concerns of the urban poor.
Being the coordinating and monitoring arm of the President, PCUP has a
direct reportorial function to the Office of the President.
This mandate was reinforced on January 30, 1989 by
Administrative Order No.111 directing concerned government departments,
agencies and offices to coordinate with PCUP and actively participate in
activities concerning the urban poor.
Significant gains were attained but the advent of
urbanization lured more people to the metropolis and compounded the problem. On
September 27, 2004, Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, issued Executive
Order No.364, transforming the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) into the
Department of Land Reform (DLR) which included the National Commission on
Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the PCUP to take charge of ancestral domain
reform and urban land reform, respectively. Executive Order No. 456 dated
August 23, 2005 renamed the DLR as DAR.
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