WHEREAS, 02 April 2020, Thursday, will mark the commemoration of the birth anniversary of Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar, a prominent Filipino poet and orator; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper to render homage to the great Filipino poet;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare Thursday, 02 April 2020, a special working day in celebration of Francisco Balagtas Day.

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 1st day of April , in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty.

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

By the President:

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary