WHEREAS, on 07 March 2020, Saturday, the Province of Basilan will mark the celebration of its 46 th Founding Anniversary; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Basilan be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Saturday, 07 March 2020, a special (non-working) day in the Province of Basilan,

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 24th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty.

By authority of the President:       (SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA   Executive Secretary