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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 429, December 21, 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 January 8 to 12, 2001 to urgently consider the passage of the following vital legislative measures on:

¨ General Appropriations Act 2001;

¨ Power Bill;

¨ ARMM Organic Act;

¨ New Central Bank Act;

¨ Sustainable Forest Management;

¨ WTO Related Compliance Measures;

¨ Restructuring the Philippine National Police; and

¨ The Imposition of the Value Added Tax on Certain Services,

and such other bills which this Office certified pursuant to the provisions of Section 26 (2), Article VI of the Constitution, and the ratification of those pending before the Bicameral Conference Committee.

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 21st day of December 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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