Proclamation No. 667, s. 1990

Ee PMS LIBRARY MALACANANG: NOV 28 1999

Manila

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 667

DECLARING THE PERIOD’ FROM NOVEMBER 26 TO DECEMBER 2, 1990, AS "COMELEC WEEK"

WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections, charged with the task of giving life and meaning to the principle that sove- reignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them, is fiftY years old on December 2, 1990, as a constitutional agency; ,

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WHEREAS, the Commission will celebrate this milestone in its history with week-long activities and fitting cere- monies to focus public attentign and awareness to the significance of elections and ther political exercises, encourage maximum participation therein of the people, and highlight the efforts being undertaken by the Commission on Elections to ensure free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections as mandated by the Constitution;

WHEREAS, this Administration joins the Commission on Elections in the vigorous pursuit of these objectives, which deserves the wholeheakted support of the citizenry; ,

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from November 26 to December 2, 1990, as "COMELEC WEEK".

I call on the people and all government agencies to give the observance of "COMELEC WEEK" their full support.

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 21st. day of November, ‘in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety.

Pats 4 Cpl

By the President: :

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Executive Secretary