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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 90, August 24, 2001 ]

DECLARING SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2001, AS A SPECIAL NON-WORKING DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GAPAN, NUEVA ECIJA

WHEREAS, Republic Act Nos. 6646, 7160 and 9022 dated January 5, 1988, October 10, 1991 and March 5, 2001, respectively, provide for the conversion of the Municipality of Gapan into a component city to be known as the City of Gapan and mandates the holding of a plebiscite for the ratification thereof;

WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections, in its Resolution No. 4534 dated August 10, 2001, has scheduled the plebiscite day for the ratification of the conversion of the said municipality on Saturday, August 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 non-working day;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALBERTO G. ROMULO, Executive Secretary, by order of Her Excellency, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Saturday, August 25, 2001, as a special non-working day in the Municipality of Gapan, Nueva Ecija.

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 August, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

By order of the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
By the Executive Secretary:

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

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