Memorandum Order No. 222




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Order No. 222, July 1, 2006 ] EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE IN THE DEPUTIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JULY 1, 2006 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CHANGE OF NAME OF BARANGAY BITAS TO BARANGAY BERNALDO A. JULAGTING, MUNICPALITY OF PATNONGON, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE Pursuant to Article IX (C) Section 2(4) of the 1987 Constitution, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby concur with Resolution No. 7677 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dated 19 June 2006, deputizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) for the exclusive purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible conduct of the July 1, 2006 plebiscite to ratify the change of name of Barangay Bitas to Barangay Bernaldo A. Julagting, Municipality of Patnongon, Province of Antique.1aшphi1 DONE in the City of Manila, this 1st day of July in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Six. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO By the President: (Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation