Marcos orders identification of services that can be devolved to LGUsThe high court rejected the petition filed by Batangas Gov. MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered national government agencies to list the functions and services under its mandate that should be devolved to local government units. “Should the LGUs lack the funds to implement the functions and services, the National Government should have a program to assist them,” Marcos said, according to the Presidential Communications Office release. PCO reported that Marcos also ordered the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to come up with a list of basic functions and services that the LGUs should be performing based on their Devolution Transition Plans. This formed the basis of the LGU devolution plan, which passes on certain functions of the executive branch to LGUs.
