MALACAÑANG

MANILA

PROCLAMATION NO. 180

DECLARING THE PERIOD JUNE 9–15 OF EVERY YEAR AS “AGRARIAN REFORM WEEK” AND RECOGNIZING THE AGRARIAN REFORM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AS A KEY PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WHEREAS

, it is important that the beneficiaries of the agrarian reform program of the government be able to build prosperous communities in their barangays or municipalities for agrarian reform to succeed; and

WHEREAS

, the Department of Agrarian Reform looks at the development of viable agrarian reform communities as the end product of the agrarian reform process.

NOW, THEREFORE

, I,

FIDEL V. RAMOS

, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period June 9-15 of every year as “Agrarian Reform Week”. The Agrarian Reform Community Development Program is hereby recognized as a key program for national development.

DONE

in the City of Manila, this 21st day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ANTONIO T. CARPIO


Chief Presidential Legal Counsel