WHEREAS, the primordial aim of the state is to create
self-reliant communities to accelerate the pace of economic development
throughout the country;
WHEREAS, the government has engaged in intensified
government projects necessitating close supervision by a well-equipped and
organized administrative machineries;
WHEREAS, subject locality, if created into an independent
barangay will redound and contribute greatly to the political, social and
economic upliftment of the residents of the locality involved.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree, as part of the law of the land, the following: