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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1589, October 12, 1976 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 AND 16, 1976, RESPECTIVELY, AS SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

WHEREAS, on Saturday, October 16, 1976, a referendum-plebiscite will be conducted on certain vital issues affecting the nation; and

WHEREAS, the people should be given the fullest opportunity to study, discuss, participate and vote on the issues to be presented to them on this day;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16, 1976 respectively, as special public holidays.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant

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