Memorandum Order No. 271




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 271, September 13, 2007 ] EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE AND RATIFICATION IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT AS EMBODIED IN COMELEC RESOLUTION NOS. 8282 AND 8281, BOTH PROMULGATED ON 23 AUGUST 2007, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAGA, INTO A COMPONENT CITY IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF NAGA, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9491 Pursuant to Section 2, (4), Article IX (C) of the Constitution, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby concur with Resolution Nos. 8282 and 8281 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), both promulgated 23 August 2007, deputizing the Department of Education (DepEd); Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Police Commission; and the Philippine National Police (PNP), for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the September 2, 2007 plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Naga into a component city, in the Province of Cebu, to be known as the City of Naga, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9491. The foregoing law enforcement agencies and other concerned agencies are hereby directed to coordinate and cooperate with the Commission on Elections in the performance of their duties and functions. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.1âшphi1 DONE, in the City of Manila, this 13th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO By the President: (Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation