Pursuant to Section 2, (4), Article IX (C) of the Constitution, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby concur with Resolution Nos. 8253 and 8252 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), both promulgated 19 July 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 Agusan del Norte, for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the July 28, 2007 plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Cabadbaran in the Province of Agusan del Norte into a competent city to be known as the City of Cabadbaran, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9434.

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 9th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.


By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary