Proclamation No. 1203, s. 1973

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1203, October 31, 1973 ]

DECLARING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1973, AS PRESIDENT CARLOS P. GARCIA DAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL AND THE CITY OF TAGBILARAN.

WHEREAS, Sunday, November 4, 1973, marks the 77th birth anniversary of the late Carlos P. Garcia, former President of the Philippines, first President of the 1971 Constitutional Convention and one of the outstanding leaders of this country; and

WHEREAS, the people of Bohol, his birthplace, should be given full opportunity to pay homage to one of their province’s greatest sons;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Sunday, November 4, 1973, as President Carlos P. Garcia Day in the province of Bohol and the City of Tagbilaran.

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 31st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary