WHEREAS, it has been popular clamor among the inhabitants of Cavite to transfer the capital and seat of government of their province to a more accessible place to accelerate its development;
WHEREAS, despite all national and local government efforts, Trece Martires City still remains, as it was before, very inaccessible to public and it has failed to become a center of activities in the province as originally envisioned; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to give the province of Cavite all the opportunities for social, economical and political development under the New Society;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree: