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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 217, February 10, 1988 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1988, AS A SPECIAL DAY

WHEREAS, February 25, 1986 was the culmination of the February 22-25 Revolution where the Filipino people, through its collective courage and prayers, asserted peacefully its popular cause for freedom and democracy;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper to afford the Filipino people the full opportunity to celebrate the second anniversary of February 25, 1986 with appropriate ceremonies to assure that its national import and significance will be fully appreciated;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, do hereby declare Thursday, February 25, 1988, as a Special Day.ℒαwρhi৷

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 10th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary

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