Administrative Order No. 156, December 10, 1965

CONDONING BACK RENTALS DUE FROM TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS OF THE MABALACAT HOMESITE, QUINTANGUIL ESTATE AND GUTIERREZ-MORALES HOMESITE IN THE PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA

WHEREAS, the Mabalacat Homesite, Quitanguil Estate and Gutierrez-Morales Homesite, all situated in the municipality of Mabalacat, province of Pampanga, were purchased by the Government for subdivision and distribution to bona fide tenants and occupants and other qualified landless individuals;

WHEREAS, said estates were acquired pursuant to the Constitution and Commonwealth Act No. 539 for subdivision into residential lots for resale at cost to qualified persons;

WHEREAS, in the computation of the selling price of the residential lots in these estates, rentals and interests thereon were added to the cost of the land from the date of their acquisition;

WHEREAS, in view of the huge amount of accumulated rentals and interests, the issuance of the corresponding deeds of sale to tenants was hampered due to their inability to pay for their lots;

WHEREAS, the imposition of said rentals and interests on the tenants and occupants of .the estate has resulted in the institution of landlord-tenant relationship which is not in accordance with the intent arid spirit of the Constitution and Commonwealth Act No. 539; and

WHEREAS, the failure of the tenants and occupants to pay the rentals and interests was due partly to their justified conviction that they were to pay for the land at cost and not for the use thereof, since the estates were purchased by the Government in their own behalf.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law and the best interests of the Government so requiring, do hereby order:

That the outstanding rentals of bona fide tenants and occupants and other qualified persons under the law, rules and regulations to acquire residential lots in the Mabalacat Homesite, Quitanguil Estate and Gutierrez-Morales Homesite and rentals in arrears, and interests thereon of promisees in agreements to sell are hereby condoned and said persons relieved therefrom.

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAMON A DIAZ

Executive Secretary