EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 437 - AMENDING THE COMPOSITION OF THE AGRARIAN REFORM COORDINATING COUNCIL CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 347, SERIES OF 1971

WHEREAS, the reorganization of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources into the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Natural Resources, has caused a change in the composition and membership of the Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council created under Executive Order No. 347, Series of 1971;

WHEREAS, the integrated approach to agrarian reform for tenurial improvement, physical, institutional and agricultural development requires the membership of other government agencies in the Council; and  

WHEREAS, our country cannot now afford to slow down the implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program;

NOW, THEREFORE, in view of my earnest desire to implement fully and effectively the agrarian reform program as set forth in Presidential Decrees Nos. 2 and 27, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby amend the composition and membership of the Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council as created under Executive Order No. 347, Series of 1971, as follows:  

Secretary Conrada F. Estrella Chairman
Department of Agrarian Reform

Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile   Member
Department of National Defense

Secretary Cesar Virata     Member
Department of Finance

Secretary Vicente Abad Santos    Member

Secretary Arturo R. Tanco, Jr.     Member
Department of Agriculture  

Secretary Jose S. Leido, Jr.    Member
Department of Natural Resources

Secretary David Consunji   Member
Department of Public Works,
Transportation and Communication

Secretary Jose A. Roño Member
Department of Local Government
and Community Development

Secretary Baltazar Aquino   Member
Department of Public Highways