Memorandum Order No. 237




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Order No. 237, December 29, 2006 ] EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS EMBODIED IN COMELEC RESOLUTION NOS. 7771 AND 7772 BOTH PROMULGATED 6 DECEMBER 2006, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DECEMBER 10, 2006 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MEYCAUAYAN IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF MEYCAUAYAN, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9356 APPROVED ON OCTOBER 2, 2006 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 Nos. 7771 and 7772 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), both promulgated 6 December 2006, deputizing the Department of Education (DepEd); Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), including their Secretaries; National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) including its Chairman; and the Philippine National Police (PNP), including its Chief, and all the officers and men under him in the Province of Bulacan, for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the December 10, 2006 plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Meycauayan in the Province of Bulacan into a component city to be known as the City of Meycauayan, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9356 approved on October 2, 2006.1aшphi1 The foregoing national and local officials and employees, law enforcement agencies and other instrumentalities of the government, are hereby directed to coordinate and cooperate with the Commission on Elections in the performance of their duties and functions. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately. Done, in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, 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