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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 263, April 7, 2000 ]

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 180 DATED MAY 21, 1993 BY DECLARING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE EACH YEAR AS “AGRARIAN REFORM MONTH”

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 180 dated May 21, 1993 declared the period June 9-15 of every year as “Agrarian Reform Week”, June 15 being the date when the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) came into effect in 1988;

WHEREAS, the setting aside of a period each year to commemorate an important national event, such as the effectivity of the CARL, is intended to give the various stakeholders in such an event adequate opportunity to mark it with appropriate activities;

WHEREAS, agrarian reform, being a very important key results area of the Government and is, in fact, a critical factor in national development, it is felt that the commemoration of the anniversary of the law that made it a nationwide program needs at least a full month to underscore the importance that the Government places upon it;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the entire month of June each year as “AGRARIAN REFORM MONTH”, and do hereby instruct the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) as the lead agency in the implementation of agrarian reform to undertake appropriate activities nationwide within this month, in order to emphasize the importance that the Government, particularly the current Administration, places upon it.

Done in the City of Manila, this 7Th day of April in the year of our Lord, two thousand.1aшphi1

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary

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