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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 217, July 10, 2002 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002, AS A SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

WHEREAS, the Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay Elections shall be held on Monday, July 15, 2002;

WHEREAS, it is important to give the people the fullest opportunity to participate in the said elections and exercise their right to vote;

NOW, THEREFORE, I. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, July 15, 2002, as a special non-working holiday throughout the country.

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 10th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and two.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary

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