Proclamation No. 515, s. 1990

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~~ MANILA~

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES {213

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PROCLAMATION NO. 215

DECLARING FEBRUARY 2-8, 1990 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK AND DIRECTING THE PROPER NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION THEREOF

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 211, dated January 29, 1988, has declared Febpuary 2nd every year as Constitution Day, to commemorate ‘the new Constitution adopted by the 1986 Constitutional Commission that was ratified overwhelmingly by the Filipino people in a > plebiscite held on ‘February 2r 1987;

‘= WHEREAS, this year, it is fitting to focus anew on the Constitu-

' tion, as the fundamental law of the land that envisions a just and humane society and a government that embodies the ideals and-aspirations of the Filipino people, pramotes the cammon good, and secures to themselves and their posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of laweand a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace; and

WHEREAS, in order to strengthen the qggmitment to the principles

_____of Constitutional democracy,it_is appropriate _that_a full week_be..set . aside as CONSTITUTION WEEK for a nationwide @@ffmemoration of the signi- ficance of the Constitution and its various themes including peace, * social justice and™Gemocratic Participation. _. ne sae

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, in addition to having declared the 2nd day of Febrifary of every year as CONSTITUTION DAY, do hereby . declare February 2-8, 1990, as CONSTITUTION WEEK ,and direct a nationwide celebration thereof under. the charge of the Cammittee created pursuant to Administrative Order No. 152dated January 15, 1990.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here reunto set my hand and. caused the seal ; of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. ~~ :

DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day7of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety.”

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MACARAIG, JR Executive Secretary