MALACAÑANG
M a n i l aPRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 2 September 26, 1972
PROCLAIMING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AS A LAND REFORM AREA
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;
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;
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...
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Proclaiming The Entire Country As A Land Reform Area.
Presidential Decree No. 2
