Proclamation No. 1853, s. 1979

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1853, May 5, 1979 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, MAY 7, 1979, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN REGIONS IX AND XII.

WHEREAS, the election for the Sangguniang Pampook (regional assemblies) in Regions Nine and Twelve as provided for by Batas Pambansa Blg. 20, signed into law on March 23, 1979, falls on Monday, May 7, 1979; and

WHEREAS, to enable government officials, employees, students and laborers employed in private firms to participate in the election on May 7, 1979 in Regions IX and XII, it is necessary to proclaim said date as special public holiday;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare May 7, 1979, as special public holiday in Regions IX and XII.

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 5th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant