Proclamation No. 698, s. 1991

i-IV.!.::) L'Dn~~1 ,~ I.P,R , '29. MALACANANG'" MANILA T3(,f' flY l-HE r'r;:ES r DENT OF THE F'I- r L I F'P I NES .. F'ROCLA1ATION NO. 698 [)E~(:;t..(.)r.:rl\l(; jvl(,r;CH- 1.1:1 OF' EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL COOPERATIVES DAY WI-Ir::::F;:[:(.)9. Sec:tion 23, At"tic:le II of the Constitution provides..,: -\0 ' 1:h",t:: "I:l":lh'St,,':'te shaJ,l er1coL\ragenDn-governmer1tal c:ommunity- I:)",:!:!if:!d I:i\rl(:I sec1:oral ot"gani zat ior1S that" promote the wel'fat"e of theI-I '" 't i 1:1 n; II .' Jf-l[;f,:f'::AS Secti,on 15, ArticJ.e XII OT the C;onstitution r:IV'Ovil:ies tl.at: "[TJhe Congt-ess shall create an agerlcy ..,hich shall r:lt-OlTlot.e the ,yiabi 1 i.ty and gr-owth of coopet-atives which shall !5£;!V.V" as i nst t-UlTlents .for soc i a I just ice and econom icde.'vr::1 I::)pmerlt; II . Wf-lI::F;:Ef!::j~ in pur-suarlce o-f said corlstitutional marldate~ f;:er:)ublit: Act 1\10. 6938, othet"wj.5e ::nown as the Cooperat_j,ve CrJde o-f l:he f::'hi 1 :ippirles ar\rj r;:epl.lbl ic Act No. 6939, other-wise rlown as the, 1I:JtJr:lFi!t-.t:ive DeveJ.opmerlt Al.lthor-ityp wet:e enactecj on I"1arc:h.. il:l 1 9 'i 1:1 ; Wf.-I(::,F;:E'.)!::, natiorla1. atterl,tiorl must be -foc:useci on Coopet-atj.ves t::\Si :i.rl!:;r.t-Llmerlts -for- social JLIstice and economic: deve1orlmerlt by h,,':\t-rieI!:ing pLlbl ic suPPOt-t and awat"eess; i NI:)"!I Tr1E:r;Er::Of,:E :I:~ CORAZON c. AI1UINO, F're5j.dent of t.he 1:::'h:I,J.ir)lj.rles by Vit"tLle of the powers'v'/:?sted in me by ].aw~ do hE!r.el:IY Ij",(::: l."'re f'1arc:h 1(:' of every year as t!ATIONAl. (:OOPEf;:ATIVE:8 DAY. . Fo..- thj.s pLlt-pO5e the Coopera'tive Development ALlthorj.ty is ..hf:?ret':IY cjirec'tecj to be 'the lead agerlcy in Llnder'ta~(irlq the '::1 p r:) r r:) p v' :i. (,,\ 'I: f,'? act i v i t j, e s j, n c: e J, e b t- at ion the reo -f . (-)1.1. r1£'!acj1 o.F Oepar.tmerlts O'f.Fil:]es~ Agerlcies~ I_o!:::al C:,oVf:"!t-rllT1eflts, arlrl InstrLlmental ities o'f the governmeflt at"e het-eby (:lit-ec1:erJ to e:,t:efld fl.lll SLlPPOt-t and coopet-ation afld coflt:ribLlte .thE.j.t- v'eSOLlrces to the (ooperative Development ALlthorit,y ifl the I::(:;-.i,lt::'bri:"!.t:iorl o'F the Na1:j(:Jrlal C;OOrJerative5 Day. ~ ," I." ~ -. (J.l nO'-I-"gr:)Vet-'-lmental ()l'"g,rlizatior's, Cooper'atives and the ." r::'t-i'ate [ect(J1'" at-e Ij,':ewise erl_jcined to lend the if- utmost Sl.IrJport ".\' ,;:\nrl c:::C::)OI:Jer,;;Ition j,n these activities. .,: :1.1\1 W]:TI\I['::JS WHEr;:EOr': I have het-eunt:a set m' h.:\r1d and causecl 'l.h(*\ :;£'i::I], 0,1:: t:he l'"i:eputJlic: of the F'hilippines to be aFfi:{ed. ...," :""::!'; tt DC)r'f: ir1 :hE Ci.ty (:JI t'1ar1ila, th1,s 5th day of t'1arc:h, ir1 t:he yr,.:t" I::)-{: 01..\1'" L(:)rd r1irleteer1 hl..\r1c:lr'ed and ninety--one. ,,\ J-i ..t,y : '-- -. , - "...' \ r:t y 'I.: h~~~):'; / "'-f' 1 ('Jr-;" (JS'- ",Ia.,ru('t'1.' _r':!,:!,,: 1:::"E' C.III "; ve g"' c.-tJa L..., "-y,_., , ,." ,. ."'.' -~. 1.:1:" , , .; .' -, . 4 . I \