Memorandum Order No. 264, issued by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on July 3, 2007, expresses concurrence and ratification of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Resolutions 8116 and 8115. These resolutions authorize the deputization of various government agencies and law enforcement, including the Department of Education and the Philippine National Police, to ensure a free and orderly plebiscite on June 24, 2007. The plebiscite seeks to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Navotas into a highly-urbanized city. The order mandates cooperation among all designated officials and agencies with COMELEC in overseeing the plebiscite's conduct. The memorandum takes immediate effect.
July 3, 2007
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 264
EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE AND RATIFICATION IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS EMBODIED IN COMELEC RESOLUTION NOS. 8116 and 8115 PROMULGATED ON 1 JUNE 2007, IN CONNECTION WITH THE JUNE 24, 2007 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAVOTAS IN METRO MANILA INTO A HIGHLY-URBANIZED CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF NAVOTAS, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 9387
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. 8116 and 8115 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), both promulgated 1 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 Metro Manila, for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the June 24, 2007 plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Navotas in Metro Manila into a highly-urbanized city to be known as the City of Navotas, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9387. HCEISc
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.