Preamble
WHEREAS, there has been an increasing demand for greater participation of the citizenry in the affairs of the government; WHEREAS, in the pursuit of such participation, barangays all over the country have, through their Barangay Federation, communicated their desire for the broadening of citizen participation in local policy-making by increasing the present membership of provincial boards and city or municipal boards or councils, as the case may be; and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to give the people greater voice in the administration of their local affairs, and a better perception of the problems and the solutions thereof geared toward accelerating national growth and progress; 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, as part of the law of the land, the following: