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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 384, February 4, 1957 ]

DECLARING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1957, AS SEEDS FOR DEMOCRACY DAY

WHEREAS, the Seeds for Democracy Program, which is participated in by thirteen civic groups, has been greatly instrumental in strengthening democracy in the rural areas; and

WHEREAS, a Seeds for Democracy Convention, will be held on February 8 and 9, 1957, for the purpose of intensifying the participation of the member civic organizations in the implementation of various community development programs;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Saturday, February 9, 1957, as Seeds for Democracy Day.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1âшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary

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