Proclamation No. 346, s. 1994

,y, t' tc ~ .MA[ACANA Manila .MFAJQ44 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO.3 4 6 DECLARING THE YEAR 1996 AS THE CENTENARY OF THE MARTYRDOM OF OUR NATIONAL HERO, DR. JOSE RIZAL, AND DESIGNATING THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS AND THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF RIZAL TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION WHEREAS, December 30, 1996, marks the 100th year since the execution of our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal in Ba<ju:mbayan, now Luneta; WHEREAS, the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal symbolizes the people's yearning for freedom and liberty; WHEREAS, it was for Filipinas -our beloved country -a singularly good fortune that Dr. Jose Rizal was one of the immortal Filipinos passionately devoted to the cause of in- dependence that contributed to the formation of our nation; WHEREAS, it is not much to say that such turnin~ point in our national history be commemorated to instill in the hearts and minds of our citizenry the lofty principles Rizal stood for; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of thePhilippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the year 1996 as the Centenary of the Martyr- dom of Jose Rizal in consonance with the Decade of the Cen- tennials of Filipino Nationalism, Nationhood and the Philip- pine Revolutionary Movememt. For the purpose of formulating plans and devising ways and means for the effective execution and appropriate acti- vities and/or projects for the commemoration of the martyr- dom of Dr. Jose Rizal, there is hereby created a Rizal's Martyrdom Centennial Commission to be composed of: 1. -Chairperson Chairman National Centennial Commission 2. Secretary Department of Education Cu1ture and Sports -Co-chairper;l; ~ Page ~I 3. -Co-Chairperson Supreme Commander Order of the Knights of Rizal 4. Chairman and Executive Director of the National Historical Institute -Member 5. -Member Chairman National Commission for Culture and the Arts 6. Representative of the Rizal Family -Member 7. One representative each from the following: -Member Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches Philippine Independent Church Iglesia ni Cristo 8. -Member President Philippine Press Institute 9. -Member President Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters -Member President Kababaihang Rizalista 11. presi-lent Kaanak 1896 -Member -Member ChairpersonManila Historical Commission 13. -Member Grand Master Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines -Member President Philippine History Foundation -Member President Filipino-Chinese Chamber of CoDDnerce ~ Page 11 -Member 16. President Philippine Chamber of Commerce -Member 17. Executive Director Rizal Park Development Authority -Member 18. Chairman Philippine Centennials Foundation -Member 19. Executive Director Office on Muslim Affairs The Commission is empowered to call on any pepart-ment, bureau, office, or agency of the government, including government owned or contro,lled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions relative to the centenary commemoration. IN WlTNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to beaffixed. Done in the City of Manila, this J J J day of Mar.ch in the year of. Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety fOU/; -==,=""====- Pf'v1S LIBRARY By the President: Th ___R ~ _91- -~~~-::#'Wv Date -~~ ~~;;tHA .JR . Secretary 1111111111111111111111111111111111111 PMS lIBRARY BCODEOO7485 /