Proclamation No. 1404, s. 2007

.. ., .--- MALACANANG ManilaI BYTHE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 1404 DISPENSING WITH THE CONDUCT OF BARANGAY ASSEt\fjBlYDAY FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER OF CY 2007 WHEREAS, Sections 397 and 398 of the 1991 Local Government Code require a twice a year barangay as$embly, to hear and disCllSS matters involving semestral report of the sangguniang barangay concerning its activities and finances, as V'iell as problems affecting the barangay. Said assembly shall be participated iri by actual residents of the barangay for at lea?t six (6) months, fifteen year-s of age or over, citizens of the Philippines, and du1y registered in the list of.barangay assembly member,s. WHEREAS, to diligently fulfill the purpose thereof and to enlphasize tIle role and importance of the barangay in the government,. ProclanlatiOn No.. 342, dated March 18, 2003 was issued by the President, Declarillg the last Saturday of March 2003 and Third Saturday of October 2003 and Every Year Thereafter as Synchronized Barangay Assembly Day. . ~ WiEREAS, Section 1. of epublic Act 9340, pr?vides that "the Synchronized Barangay and Sanggunlang Kabataan (SK) Elections shall be held on the last Monday of October 2007 (October 29, 2007) and e'.Jery three years thereafter". WHEREAS, pursuant to COMELEC Resolution No. 8264; providing for the Calendar of Activities and Prohibited Acts for the 2007 Synchronized Barangay and SK Elections, the campaign period starts on October 19, 2007 and is already within the campargn period per COMELEC Resolution Nos. 8264 and 8300.. -. WHEREAS, to ensure that no candidate rufl,lling for the 2007 Synchronized Barangay and SK Elections shall, tak advantage of the Synchronized Barangay Assembly day on October 20, 2007 as venue to launch or endorse the candidacy of an individual or engage in partisan political activities, there is a need to dispense with the conduct of the S'jnchronized Barangay Assembly Day for the second semester of CY 2007 set on October 20, 2007. ~~~~i~~~i f.~~!!11'2~~~ !~ .... , . --, -I; 2 t NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAl-ARROYO, Presideht of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare that the Synchronized Barangay Assembly Day for the secorld semester of CY 2007 set on October 20, 2007 shall be dispensed 'Nit!1 for this year only. However, the next Synchronized Barangay Assembly shali stiil be on the last Saturday of March 2008 and the third Saturday of October 2008 'al1d every year thereafter pursuant to Proclamation No. 342. Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of October,.in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven. ," ~ ../,~ - ; ,,1 "J ..//; " ~ , fi l~ :la~~~" fI'7ij, ~ ~f; , ~ -,'OiI~~~~" . By the President: t JtI,--- IGNACLO R. BUNYE ! I Ac:.ting f.xecutive Secretary V ".~ .,.p,, 1 - ,- "',.,"'C ~J{J'I~~~ ~111111111111111\1111111111111111 PGMA HDIDq,"m' 42199 ~