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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 551, April 28, 1969 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1969, AS ABAD SANTOS DAY AND A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN PAMPANGA AND ANGELES CITY.

WHEREAS, the anniversary of the execution of Jose Abad Santos, jurist, patriot and martyr, falls on May 2, 1969, and

WHEREAS, his martyrdom will remain forever as an inspiring symbol of the purest ideals of the Filipino people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Friday, May 2, 1969, as Abad Santos Day and a special public holiday in Pampanga and in the city of Angeles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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