Memorandum Order No. 188




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Order No. 188, September 6, 2005 ] EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE IN THE DEPUTIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 PLEBISCITE IN BARANGAYS LUMBAC-DIMARAO AND PINDOLONAN, MUNICIPALITY OF MAGUING, LANAO DEL SUR Pursuant to Article IX (c), Section 2(4) of the 1987 Constitution, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby concur with Resolution No. 7591 dated 23 August 2005 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), deputizing for the exclusive purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and of credible conduct of the September 10, 2005 plebiscite for the ratification of the creation of Barangays Lumbac-Dimarao and Dipolonan, Municipality of Maguing, Lanao del Sur, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM). Local officials and employees, law enforcement agencies and other instrumentalities of Government, including the AFP, PNP and the NAPOLCOM, are hereby directed to coordinate and cooperate with the COMELEC in the performance of their duties and functions.1aшphi1 This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 6th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Five. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO By the President: (Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation