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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 208, June 19, 2002 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2002, AS A SPECIAL NON-WORKING DAY IN THE CITY OF COTABATO

WHEREAS, Thursday, June 20, 2002, marks the 43rd Charter Day anniversary of the City of Cotabato;

WHEREAS, it is fitting that the people of the City of Cotabato be given full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me in Book I, Chapter 7, Section 27, of the Administrative Code of 1987, do hereby declare Thursday, June 20, 2002, as a special day in the City of Cotabato.

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 19th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and two.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) AVELINO J. CRUZ, JR.
Acting Executive Secretary

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