Proclamation No. 134




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 134, August 3, 1987 ] DECLARING A PERIOD OF NATIONAL MOURNING OVER THE ASSASSINATION OF JAIME N. FERRER, SECRETARY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHEREAS, the brutal and brazen assassination of Jaime N. Ferrer, Secretary of Local Government, defender of the democratic process, champion of its restoration, relentless foe of native tyranny and revolutionary terrorism, true nationalist has occasioned the deepest sorrow and outrage among our people. NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim a period of national mourning of twelve (12) days beginning August 3, 1987 for our beloved Secretary Jaime N. Ferrer. During this period, flags of all government buildings and installments throughout the country shall be flown at half mast.1aшphi1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven. (Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO By the President: (Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation