---

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 21, March 28, 2001 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2001, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CANDON, ILOCOS SUR, AND IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALAMINOS, PANGASINAN

WHEREAS, Republic Act Nos. 9018 and 9025 dated March 5, 2001, provides for the conversion of the Municipalities of Candon and Alaminos into component cities to be known as the Cities of Candon and Alaminos and mandates the holding of a plebiscite for the ratification thereof;

WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections, in its Resolution No. 3777 dated March 21, 2001, has scheduled the plebiscite day for the ratification of the conversion of the said municipalities on Wednesday, March 28, 2001;

WHEREAS, to enable the residents of the said municipalities to actively participate in the scheduled political exercise, there is a need to declare the plebiscite day as a special day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Wednesday, March 28, 2001, as a special day in the Municipality of Candon, Ilocos Sur and in the Municipality of Alaminos, Pangasinan.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) RENATO S. DE VILLA
Executive Secretary

The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation

---