Preamble
WHEREAS, Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 gives all Justices and judges a monthly longevity pay with the exception of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, the Presiding Justice and Associate Justices of the Sandiganbayan, and the Presiding Judge and Associate Judges of the Court of Tax Appeals; and WHEREAS, it is only fair and just to remove the inequality by granting the same monthly longevity pay to the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, including the other officials thereof given by law the rank, salary and privileges of members of the judiciary, as well as the Justices and Judges of the Sandiganbayan and the Court of Tax Appeals; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree: