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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 334, June 27, 2000 ]

CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO A SPECIAL SESSION

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby call the Congress of the Philippines to a Special Session from July 17 to 21, 2000 to urgently consider the ratification of Bicameral Committee Reports and the enactment of the following vital legislative measures, to wit:

Power Sector Reform;

Securities Regulation and Enforcement Act;

ARMM Elections;

New Central Bank Act;

Shift in the System of Customs Valuation;

Safeguard Measures Against Import Surge; and

Modernization of the PRC,

and such other bills certified as to the necessity of their immediate enactments pursuant to the provisions of Section 26 (2), Article VI of the Constitution.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 27th day of June in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary

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