Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006
Memorandum Order No. 237, issued on December 29, 2006, by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, expresses concurrence with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) resolutions that deputize various government agencies to ensure the orderly conduct of a plebiscite. This plebiscite, held on December 10, 2006, aimed to ratify the conversion of Meycauayan, Bulacan, into a component city. The order mandates collaboration among the Department of Education, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of the Interior and Local Government, National Police Commission, and the Philippine National Police. The directive emphasizes the importance of free and credible electoral processes and takes effect immediately.
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- What is Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006 about?
- Memorandum Order No. 237, issued on December 29, 2006, by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, expresses concurrence with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) resolutions that deputize various government agencies to ensure the orderly conduct of a plebiscite. This plebiscite, held on December 10, 2006, aimed to ratify the conversion of Meycauayan, Bulacan, into a component city. The order mandates collaboration among the Department of Education, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of the Interior and Local Government, National Police Commission, and the Philippine National Police. The directive emphasizes the importance of free and credible electoral processes and takes effect immediately.
- What type of law is Memorandum Order No. 237?
- Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006 (Memorandum Order No. 237) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006 enacted?
- Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006 (Memorandum Order No. 237) was enacted on Dec 29, 2006.
- What is the citation for Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006?
- Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006, Memorandum Order No. 237, Dec 29, 2006 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Memorandum Order No. 237
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Memorandum Orders
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 29, 2006
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 237
EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS EMBODIED IN COMELEC RESOLUTION NOS. 7771 AND 7772 BOTH PROMULGATED 6 DECEMBER 2006, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DECEMBER 10, 2006 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MEYCAUAYAN IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF MEYCAUAYAN, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9356 APPROVED ON OCTOBER 2, 2006
Pursuant to Article IX (C) Section 2 (4) of the 1987 Constitution, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby concur with Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), both promulgated 6 December 2006, deputizing the Department of Education (DepEd); Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), including their Secretaries; National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) including its Chairman; and the Philippine National Police (PNP), including its Chief, and all the officers and men under him in the Province of Bulacan, for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the December 10, 2006 plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Meycauayan in the Province of Bulacan into a component city to be known as the City of Meycauayan, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9356 approved on October 2, 2006. HScaCT
The foregoing national and local officials and employees, law enforcement agencies and other instrumentalities of the government, are hereby directed to coordinate and cooperate with the Commission on Elections in the performance of their duties and functions.
This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Six.
Cite This Law
Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006, Memorandum Order No. 237, Dec 29, 2006 (Philippines)
Concurrence with COMELEC Resolution Nos. 7771 and 7772 dated December 6, 2006, Memorandum Order No. 237 (Phil. 2006)
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