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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 29, April 20, 2001 ]

DECLARING SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2001, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALABON, METRO MANILA

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9019 dated March 3, 2001, provides for the conversion of the Municipality of Malabon, Metro Manila into a highly urbanized city to be known as the City of Malabon and mandates the holding of plebiscite for the ratification thereof;

WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections has scheduled the plebiscite day for the ratification of the conversion of the said municipality on Saturday, April 21, 2001;

WHEREAS, to enable the residents of the said municipality to actively participate in the scheduled political exercise, there is a need to declare the plebiscite day as a special day.1aшphi1

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Saturday, April 21, 2001, as a special day in the Municipality of Malabon, Metro Manila.

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 20th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) WALDO Q. FLORES
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary

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