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WHEREAS, the fundamental aim of the State is to hasten up
the pace of socio-economic development throughout the country;
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of the declared
programs of the government on development hinges primarily on the administrative
efficiency of each and every local government units;
WHEREAS, it has been the clamor of the residents of the
proposed barangay with the conformity of the elective officials of the locality
to create the new barangay so as to achieve a closer supervision of the
execution of the developmental programs of the locality;
WHEREAS, the creation of the proposed barangay will redound
and contribute greatly to the upliftment of the socio-economic well-being of the
residents therein;
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:
SECTION 1. The following subdivisions known as Philam,
Remarville, Pamplona Park and Sterling in Barangay Pamplona in the Municipality
of Las Piñas, Metro Manila, is hereby detached and separated therefrom to form
and constitute into a distinct and independent barangay which is created to be
known as Barangay Pamplona Dos without affecting in any manner the legal
existence of the mother barangay.
SEC. 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all provisions of
law, now or hereafter applicable to regular barangays, shall be applicable to
Barangay Pamplona Dos.
SEC. 3. The present elective barangay officials of Barangay
Pamplona shall continue to perform their duties as such officials in the newly
created Barangay Pamplona Dos until the barangay officials of said barangay
shall have been appointed by the President. Such officials so appointed shall
hold office until their successors shall have been elected in the regular
elections for barangay officials following the issuance of this Decree and
shall
have qualified, unless sooner removed at the pleasure of the President.
Such appointive officers and employees as maybe necessary to organize or
complete the government personnel of Barangay Pamplona Dos shall be appointed as
provided for under existing laws.
SEC. 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Barangay Pamplona Dos in the obligations, funds assets
and other property of Barangay Pamplona shall be transferred by the President to
the newly created barangay upon the recommendation of the Commission on
Audit.
SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord,
Nineteen hundred and seventy-Eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
