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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 78, February 27, 1987 ]

DECLARING A PERIOD OF NATIONAL MOURNING OVER THE DEATH OF JOSE W. DIOKNO, SENATOR OF THE REPUBLIC

WHEREAS, the death of Jose W. Diokno, Senator of the Republic, jurist, nationalist and statesman, is a great loss to our people and has caused deep sorrow among them;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim a period of national mourning of ten (10) days beginning March 2, 1987 for our beloved Senator Jose W. Diokno. During this period, flags of all government buildings and installations throughout the country shall be flown at half mast.

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 27th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary

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