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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 331, January 19, 1968 ]

DECLARING SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1968, AS CIVIL LIBERTIES DAY

WHEREAS, A Civil Liberties Day to reaffirm our faith in the cardinal principle of the inviolability of the individual and the primacy of human rights and to inspire our people to greater dedication and fuller adherence to the cause of democracy and freedom has been observed the past five years;

WHEREAS, the promotion of civil liberties assures the translation into reality of “a regime of justice, liberty and democracy”;

WHEREAS, respect for and observance of civil liberties constitute one of the glorious traditions of our people; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the Filipinos be given full opportunity to celebrate Civil Liberties Day with significance be more fully appreciated;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Sunday, January 21, 1968, as Civil Liberties Day.1aшphi1

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 19th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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