Whereas Clauses. WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 129 dated January 30, 1987 was suspended;

WHEREAS, Presidential Proclamation No. 131 and Executive Order No. 229, both dated July 22, 1987 instituted a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) and provided the mechanisms for its implementation;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 229 vests on the Department of Agrarian Reform quasi-judicial powers to determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters;

WHEREAS, there is a need to strengthen and expand the functions of the Department of Agrarian Reform to be more effective in implementing the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program;

WHEREAS, under Article XVIII, Section 6, of the 1987 Constitution, the President shall continue to exercise legislative powers until the First Congress convenes;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order: