Memorandum Order No. 221




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Order No. 221, July 15, 2006 ] EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE IN THE DEPUTIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JULY 15, 2006 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CREATION OF BARANGAY MANURIGAO OUT OF THE MOTHER BARANGAY ANDAP, AND OF BARANGAY TANDAWAN OUT OF THE MOTHER BARANGAY CAMANLANGAN, ALL OF NEW BATAAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY 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. 7681 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dated June 23, 2006, deputizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible conduct of the July 15, 2006 plebiscite to ratify the creation of Barangay Manurigao out of the Mother Barangay Andap, and of Barangay Tandawan out of the Mother Barangay Camanlangan, all of New Bataan, Compostela Valley.1aшphi1 National and 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. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of July in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Six. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO By the President: (Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation