Preamble
WHEREAS, it is the declared and adopted policy of the National Government to standardize compensation of officials and employees of the national government, in accordance with the Constitutional mandate, on the basis of substantial similarity in duties and responsibilities and qualification requirements for satisfactory performance of assigned tasks; WHEREAS, there are existing special salary laws, decrees, and other approvals that authorize salary rates other than those in the National Classification and Pay Plans; WHEREAS, the proliferation of special salary laws is inimical to sound public administration and complicates the process of salary adjustment due to disparities and inflexibility in salary rates, pay ranges and/or other forms of compensation; 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: