Preamble
WHEREAS, the program of reform in the Government under the New Society has been endorsed overwhelmingly by the people in the referendum held on February 27, 1975; and WHEREAS, as a continuing instrument of the reform program and in consonance with the dictum that the life of a public officer is an open book and subject to scrutiny, all government officials and employees must account at frequent intervals their financial position in order that they will be beyond suspicion and reproach. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution do hereby decree and order that—