[ PROCLAMATION NO. 933, March 21, 2020 ]
CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO A SPECIAL SESSION
Pursuant to the powers vested in me under Section 15, Article VI of the Constitution, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Philippines, do hereby call the Congress of the Philippines to a special session on March 23, 2020 or as soon as practicable to authorize the President to exercise powers necessary to carry out urgent measures to meet the current national emergency relating to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); to provide ample latitude to utilize appropriate funds to strengthen governmental response against the threat of the said disease; and to continue providing basic services to the people, in addition to the urgent and critical measures implemented pursuant to Proclamation Nos. 922 and 929, series of 2020, declaring a state of public health emergency and a state of calamity throughout the Philippines.
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 21st day of March in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty.
(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
By the President:
(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary
(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary