Declaring 25 May 2020 a Regular Holiday throughout the Country in Observance of Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan)

May 19, 2020

PROCLAMATION NO. 944

DECLARING MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020, A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN OBSERVANCE OF EID'L FITR (FEAST OF RAMADHAN)

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9177 declared Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan) as a regular holiday throughout the country;

WHEREAS, Eid'l Fitr is celebrated by the Muslim world for three (3) days after the end of the month of fasting;

WHEREAS, the entire Filipino nation should have the full opportunity to join their Muslim brothers and sisters in peace and harmony in the observance and celebration of Eid'l Fitr, subject to existing community quarantine and social distancing measures;

WHEREAS, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos has recommended to declare Monday, 25 May 2020, a national holiday in observance of Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan); and

WHEREAS, in order to bring the religious and cultural significance of the Eid'l Fitr to the fore of national consciousness, it is necessary to declare Monday, 25 May 2020, a regular holiday throughout the country.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, 25 May 2020, a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan).

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 May, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty.

 

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 116, No. 21, p. 3956 on May 25, 2020.