WHEREAS, there is pressing need to
accelerate the Agrarian Reform Program of the Government for the early
attainment of the objectives set forth in Republic Act No. 3844, as
amended; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, among such objectives is to achieve dignified existence for
the small farmers free from the pernicious institutional restraints and
practices which have not only retarded the agricultural development of
the country but have also produced widespread discontent and unrest
among our farmers, one of the causes of the existing national
emergency; and
WHEREAS, it is believed that the lasting objectives of land reform may
be sooner realized if the whole country is declared a land reform area;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, whereby I have
assumed direction of the operation of the entire Government, do hereby
proclaim the whole country, as land reform area.
All agencies and offices of the Government are enjoined to extend full
cooperation and assistance to the Department of Agrarian Reform to
insure the successful prosecution of the Agrarian Reform Program.
The Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council created under Executive Order
No. 347, series of 1971, is hereby directed to convene immediately to
exercise its functions.
The Secretary of Agrarian Reform shall take the necessary steps for the
prompt and effective implementation of this decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-two.
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