Memorandum Order No. 300




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 300, July 28, 2009 ] EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE IN THE DEPUTIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE 30 JULY 2009 PLEBISCITES TO RATIFY THE CREATION OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF DATU HOFFER AMPATUAN, DATU SALIBO AND SHARIFF SAYDONA MUSTAPHA, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO Pursuant to Article IX-C, Section 2 (4) of the 1987 Constitution, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby concur with Resolution No. 8622 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dated 26 June 2009, deputizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), for the exclusive purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the 30 July 2009, plebiscites to ratify the creation of the municipalities of Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Datu Salibo, and Shariff Saydona Mustapha, all in the Province of Maguindanao.1âшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of July, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO By the President: (Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation