Mobilizing for the Full Implementation of the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran Program and Orienting the National Government Budget Accordingly in Calendar Year Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Two

April 26, 1982

LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 140

MOBILIZING FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KILUSANG KABUHAYAN AT KAUNLARAN PROGRAM AND ORIENTING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET ACCORDINGLY IN CALENDAR YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO

WHEREAS, the need to intensify the productive participation of every Filipino is vital to the country's development efforts;

WHEREAS, self-sufficiency at the grassroots level is imperative in the attainment of national goals and whereas the KKK Program strikes at the core of self-sufficiency development;

WHEREAS, the energy crisis continues to bridle the thrust of the non-oil producing countries and KKK projects at the lowest levels in energy provision promise benefits heretofore unimagined;

WHEREAS, government efforts must emphasize support for the eleven (11) basic needs of man in the continuing commitment to uplift socio-economic conditions of which the KKK is now a keystone program;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, in order to give leeway to the husbanding of necessary developmental funds, for such basic projects, do hereby direct strict compliance with the following measures in the implementation of the CY 1982 budget:

1. The project schedules of the national budget envisioned among others to promote food production, ensure supply of water and other basic necessities, develop and facilitate transport and mobility, accelerate development of all possible energy sources, safeguard the health of the people, conserve/increase the nation's stock of essential and strategic commodities, shall be released only in accordance with the approved program of expenditures.

2. The various implementing agencies shall prepare the necessary work and financial plans to expeditiously aid efficiently implement the approved projects in accordance with standard budgetary procedures, after deducting approved budgetary reserves.

3. The release of funds shall be in accordance with the implementation schedule contained in the attached document, subject to availability of cash at the indicated times and the usual budgetary reserves. The implementing agencies concerned shall comply with the project listing and implementation schedule and shall not withhold any amounts intended for regional distribution except as may be duly authorized under P.D. No. 1177.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Two.