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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 36, April 24, 2001 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2001, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ISABELA, BASILAN

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9019 dated March 3, 2001, provides for the conversion of the Municipality of Isabela, Basilan into a component city to be known as the City of Isabela 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 Wednesday, April 25, 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.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Wednesday, April 25, 2001, as a special day in the Municipality of Isabela, Basilan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 24th 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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