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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 1395, August 18, 2026 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2026, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO

WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 12317, amending Section 13, Article XVI of RA No. 11054, reset the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections on the Second Monday on September 2026 or on 14 September 2026;

WHEREAS, in order to give the people of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao the opportunity to actively and fully participate in the election and exercise their right to vote, it is but fitting and proper to declare Monday, 14 September 2026, as a special (non-working) day;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RALPH G. RECTO, Acting Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., do hereby declare Monday, 14 September 2026, a special (non-working) day in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.ℒαwρhi৷

IN WITNESS THEREOF, 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 18th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Six.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) RALPH G. RECTO
Acting Executive Secretary

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