MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has suspended the implementation of the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) and Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) System in government due to duplication with existing internal and external performance audit and evaluation systems, Malacañang said Saturday.

The President, through Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, signed on June 3 Executive Order (EO) 61 suspending the implementation of Administrative Order (AO) 25 and EO 80, and all other relevant issuances.

AO 25 established a unified and integrated RBPMS in all departments and agencies within the Executive branch of government.

EO 80, as amended by EO 201, adopted a PBI System, consisting of Productivity Enhancement Incentive and the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB), to motivate higher performance and exact greater accountability in the public sector and ensure accomplishment of government commitments and targets.

"It is imperative to streamline, align and harmonize the RBPMS and PBI System with ease of doing business initiatives, and reform the government performance evaluation process and incentives system towards a more responsive, efficient, agile and competent bureaucracy," Marcos said in his order.

The President said the RBPMS and PBI System have been "duplicative and redundant" with the internal and external performance audit and evaluation systems of the government.

He said the RBPMS and PBI System also lacked a review mechanism leading to the accumulation of rules, regulations, and issuances from the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Harmonization of National Government Performance Monitoring, Information and Reporting Systems.

Based on the President's EO, a Technical Working Group (TWG) will be created to review the RBPMS and PBI System.

The TWG will be composed of the budget secretary as chairman and the executive secretary as co-chairman, while its members will be the secretaries of finance and the National Economic and Development Authority and the Anti Red-Tape Authority director general.

The TWG shall integrate, streamline and align the new government performance management system with the government internal audit program and activities pursuant to Republic Act (RA) 3456, as amended by RA 4177, or the "Internal Auditing Act of 1962," and government quality management systems under AO 161 and EO 605.

The new EO, which was released to the media on Saturday, shall take effect immediately.