Preamble
WHEREAS, in an ever increasing awareness of their responsibilities in social and economic development and in response to the challenge of building a New Society, the ecumenical faiths and the private sector are sharing more fully their goodwill, their efforts, and their resources with the Government of the Philippines; WHEREAS, in the pursuit of their respective developmental programs, the Government, the ecumenical faiths, and the private sector realize the need of collaboration and cooperation, while maintaining and respecting their respective roles and responsibilities; WHEREAS, one effective means of involving and of making the citizenry co-responsible in the task of nation-building is through continuing and effective public consultations in the formulation of government development plans and policies; and WHEREAS, it is now essential that the National Social Action Council (NASAC) as the body originally created to make such consultations with the Government possible, should acquire the juridical personality and the powers necessary for it to become fully operative in the cause of national development; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No, 1081, dated 21 September 1972, do hereby decree that: