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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No. 59, s. 1964, March 19, 1964 ]

REQUIRING STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND DIRECTIVES REGARD-ING COMMON MAN’S DAY MATTERS.

WHEREAS, in Memorandum Circular No. 22 of this Office dated April 29, 1963, it is required that petitions, complaints and requests made by the citizens on Common Man’s Day be given preferential attention and prompt action, for the reason that “a citizen who sees the President on Common Man’s Day carries with him implicit faith that his problems will be given immediate attention and consideration”;

WHEREAS, this Office continuously receives complaints and reports from callers of the President on Common Man’s Day that their papers are not being given prompt and preferential attention, and in some cases it is alleged that the letters they present from this Office are even totally ignored, in the offices to which their cases have been referred for consideration and action;

WHEREAS, such apathetic attitude of the offices concerned undermines the faith of the citizens in the sincerity of the government’s efforts to give effective assistance to them;

WHEREFORE, all heads of departments and chiefs of bureaus and offices, as well as government-owned or controlled corporations, are hereby directed to comply strictly with the injunction contained in the aforementioned Memorandum Circular No. 22 of this Office requiring preferential attention to and prompt action on petitions, complaints and requests made by the citizens on Common Man’s Day, and to take administrative disciplinary action against any official or employee under them for violation of the said Memorandum Circular No. 22.

By authority of the President:

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CALIXTO O. ZALDIVAR
Acting Executive Secretary

Manila, March 19, 1964

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