[ PROCLAMATION NO. 646, January 10, 2019 ]
DECLARING MONDAY, 21 JANUARY 2019, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, ISABELA CITY, AND COTABATO CITY
WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections will conduct a plebiscite on 21 January 2019, Monday, in the present geographical area of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Isabela City, and Cotabato City, for the ratification of Republic Act 11054 dated 27 July 2018, otherwise known as the "Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao; and
WHEREAS, in order to give the people of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Isabela City , Cotabato City, the opportunity to actively and fully participate in the plebiscite and exercise their right to vote, it is but fitting and proper to declare 21 January 2019 a special (non-working0 day;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by the authority of the President. RODRIGO ROA DUTERE, do hereby declare Monday, 21 January 2019, a special (non-working) day in the above-mentioned places.
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 10th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nineteen.
By authority of the President
(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary