Preamble
WHEREAS, self-reliant communities are a must if intensified governmental development projects geared toward the economic and political progress of the nation are to be achieved; WHEREAS, the realization of said development projects depends primarily on the administrative efficiency of each and every local government unit; WHEREAS, it has been the clamor of the residents of the island of Limasawa, municipality of Padre Burgos, in the province of Southern Leyte, to create the proposed municipality so as to stimulate its faster development not only as a community but as a local government unit; and WHEREAS, all indications show that the proposed municipality will become a self-reliant community once created and intensified government projects are implemented to enhance its development; 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: