Preamble
WHEREAS, recently, there has been a pronounced upsurge in the occurrence of irregularities and anomalies in the sale and/or distribution of food crop fertilizers; WHEREAS, such irregularities, undermining as they do the government policy of making the nation self-sufficient in agricultural staple foods, constitute economic sabotage requiring immediate and effective positive action on the part of the Government; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order;