MALACAÑANG

Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 1213

DECLARING MONDAY, MAY 11, 1998, AS SPECIAL DAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

WHEREAS, the national elections shall be held on Monday, May 11, 1998;

WHEREAS, Monday, May 11, 1998, should be declared a special day to give the people the fullest opportunity to participate in the said elections;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, May 11, 1998, as a special day throughout the country.

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 24

^th

day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety eight.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEXANDER P. AGUIRRE