[ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 272, September 25, 2007 ]

EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE AND RATIFICATION IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT AS EMBODIED IN COMELEC RESOLUTION NOS. 8291 AND 8292, BOTH PROMULGATED ON 29 AUGUST 2007, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CREATION OF BARANGAY RAFAELA BARRERA, SAGAY CITY IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, PURSUANT TO SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN (SP) RESOLUTION NO. 0448, SERIES OF 2007



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. 8291 and 8292 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), both promulgated 29 August 2007, deputizing the Department of Education (DepEd); Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG); National Police Commission; and the Philippine National Police (PNP), for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the September 8, 2007 plebiscite to ratify the creation of Barangay Rafaela Barrera, of the City of Sagay, in the Province of Negros Occidental, pursuant to Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Resolution No. 0448, Series of 2007.

The foregoing agencies 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 25th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.

(Sgd.) GLORIA M. ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary