Declaring October 21-27, 1981 as Agrarian Reform Week
Proclamation No. 2122, issued on October 2, 1981, by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, declares the week from October 21 to 27 as Agrarian Reform Week in the Philippines. This proclamation highlights the historical significance of Presidential Decree No. 27, which was enacted on October 21, 1972, to emancipate tenants of rice and corn lands. The week aims to focus national attention on the government's agrarian reform program, celebrating its role in improving the social and economic conditions of farmers. The initiative is organized under the Ministry of Agrarian Reform and supported by farmers' associations to uplift living standards in rural areas.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Proclamation No. 2122
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Presidential Proclamations
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 2, 1981
PROCLAMATION NO. 2122
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 21 TO 27, 1981, AS AGRARIAN REFORM WEEK
WHEREAS, agrarian problems have plagued the country for centuries and agrarian reform has been instituted and implemented by the government to improve the social and economic conditions of our people;
WHEREAS, a milestone in our agrarian reform program was the promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 27 on October 21, 1972, emancipating tenants of rice and corn lands from the bondage of the soil; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to declare this year an agrarian reform week to celebrate the anniversary of this significant event in our history so as to focus national attention on the agrarian reform program of the government which has uplifted the living conditions of our people especially the farmers; aisa dc
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 21 to 27, 1981, as Agrarian Reform Week under the auspices of the Ministry of Agrarian Reform 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 2nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 77 No. 42, 5424-3 Supp., on October 19, 1981.
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Declaring October 21-27, 1981 as Agrarian Reform Week, Proclamation No. 2122, Oct 2, 1981 (Philippines)
Declaring October 21-27, 1981 as Agrarian Reform Week, Proclamation No. 2122 (Phil. 1981)
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