Deputation of Law Enforcement Agencies for the June 23, 2007 Plebiscite in Tabuk, Kalinga
Memorandum Order No. 258, issued on July 3, 2007, by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, expresses the government's support for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Resolutions 8158 and 8157. These resolutions authorize the deputization of various government agencies, including the Department of Education, Department of Public Works and Highways, and the Philippine National Police, to ensure a free and orderly plebiscite on June 23, 2007. The plebiscite aims to ratify the conversion of Tabuk, Kalinga, into a component city under Republic Act No. 9404. All involved agencies are directed to coordinate with COMELEC in executing their responsibilities for the plebiscite. The order takes effect immediately.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Memorandum Order No. 258
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Memorandum Orders
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 3, 2007
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 258
EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE AND RATIFICATION IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS EMBODIED IN COMELEC RESOLUTION NOS. 8158 AND 8157, BOTH PROMULGATED 08 JUNE 2007, IN CONNECTION WITH THE JUNE 23, 2007 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABUK IN THE PROVINCE OF KALINGA INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF TABUK, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 9404
Pursuant to Section 2 (4), Article IX (C) of the Constitution, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby concur with Resolution Nos. 8158 and 8157 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), both promulgated 08 June 2007, 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 including its Chairman; and the Philippine National Police (PNP), including its Chief, and all the officers and men under him in the Province of Kalinga, for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the June 23, 2007 plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Tabuk in the Province of Kalinga into a component city to be known as the City of Tabuk, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9404.
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 3rd day of July, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven. EIDaAH
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Deputation of Law Enforcement Agencies for the June 23, 2007 Plebiscite in Tabuk, Kalinga, Memorandum Order No. 258, Jul 3, 2007 (Philippines)
Deputation of Law Enforcement Agencies for the June 23, 2007 Plebiscite in Tabuk, Kalinga, Memorandum Order No. 258 (Phil. 2007)
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