WHEREAS, The Economic Development Cluster in its 11 March 2016 Meeting approved the National Competitiveness Council's (NCC) " Project Repeal: The Philippine Red Tape Challenge" which is an initiative to clean up regulation by repealing provisions or rules which are no longer necessary;

WHEREAS, the NCC set 13 June 2016 as Repeal Day in compliance with the initiative;

WHEREAS, the Department of Energy (DOE) supports the initiative and reviewed its existing issuances to determine which can be part of the repeal and achieve the objective of the program;

WHEREAS, the DOE is mandated to provide a mechanism for the integration, rationalization, and coordination of the various activities to carry out the energy policy of the State;

WHEREAS, Article IX-C, Section 2(4) of the 1987 Constitution empowers the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to deputize, with the concurrence of the President, law enforcement agencies and instrumentalities of the government for the exclusive purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections;