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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 378, September 16, 2000 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2000, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TACURONG, SULTAN KUDARAT.

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 8805 provides for the conversion of the Municipality of Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, into a component city to be known as the City of Tacurong and mandates the holding of plebiscite for the ratification thereof;

WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections, in its Resolution No. 3199 dated September 1, 2000, has scheduled the plebiscite day for the ratification of the conversion of the said municipality on Monday, September 18, 2000;

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 special day;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, September 18, 2000, as a special day in the Municipality of Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat.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 16th day of September, 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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