WHEREAS, to
hasten the pace of socio-economic development of the country,
especially in Muslim Mindanao area, is a basic objective of the State;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the primordialm of development can be best achieved by the
creation of local government units which could, through faster
administrative response, greatly contribute to the social, educational,
cultural and economic needs of the residents of the proposed
municipality;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the creation of the municipality of Lugus in Sulu province
will greatly redound to the benefits of the inhabitants therein and
greatly contribute to the pacification drive of the government towards
normalization in the area. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree, as part of the law of the land, the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Barangays Bas-Lugus, Witwit, Bas Numuk,
Larap, Mantam, Lugasan, Gapas, Pa-et, Alu Duyung, Laha, Alu, Kawayan,
Bas Mangkallay, Kayawan Subah, and Tingkangan, all in the Municipality
of Tapul, Province of Sulu, are hereby detached and separated from said
Municipality and constituted and created into a separate, distinct and
independent municipality to be known as the Municipality of Lugas,
Province of Sulu, without effecting in any manner the legal existence
of the mother Municipality of Tapul. The seat of the government of the
newly created municipality shall be in Barangay Alu, and that of the
Municipality of Tapul shall be in Barangay Kalang. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law, now or hereafter applicable to regular
municipalities, shall be applicable to the Municipality of Lugus.
Section 3. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Tapul shall continue to perform their duties as
such officials in the newly created Municipality of Lugus until the
municipal officials of the latter municipality shall have been
appointed by the President. Such officials so appointed shall hold
office until their successors shall have been elected in the regular
elections for municipal officials following the issuance of this Decree
and shall have qualified, unless sooner removed, at pleasure, by the
President. Such appointive officers and employees as may be necessary
to organize or to complete the government personnel of the Municipality
of Lugus shall be appointed as provided for under existing laws.
Section 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Lugus in the obligations, funds, assets and
other property of the Municipality of Tapul shall be transferred by the
President to the newly created municipality upon the recommendation of
the Commission on Audit.
Section 5. All laws or parts of laws as well as all
executive orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
Philippines, this 23rd day of October, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty.
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