Declaring October 17-23, 1983 as Agrarian Reform Week

October 6, 1983

PROCLAMATION NO. 2316

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 17 TO 23, 1983 AS AGRARIAN REFORM WEEK

WHEREAS, a milestone in our agrarian reform program was the promulgation of P.D. 27 on October 21, 1972 emancipating tenants from feudal bondage;

WHEREAS, agrarian reform has strengthened the security of tenure of the farmers and improved their social and economic conditions, thus enabling them to branch out to livelihood projects in line with the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaularan (KKK);

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to declare an agrarian reform week to celebrate the anniversary of this significant event in our history to focus national attention on Tenant Emancipation as a turning point in our efforts at national development;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from October 17 to 23, 1983 as AGRARIAN REFORM WEEK under the auspices of the Ministry of Agrarian Reform, Land Bank of the Philippines, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation and duly organized farmers associations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 6th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three.