Proclamation No. 1319 (1974)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1319, September 20, 1974 ]

DECLARING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1974, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY

WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 1185 dated September 18, 1973, September 21 was declared as a special public holiday in commemoration of the anniversary of the declaration of martial law;

WHEREAS, martial law, declared under authority of the Constitution so as to restore peace and order to the nation, has furthermore provided the opportunity as well as the means and aroused among the people the will to build a new society which would reflect their deepest aspirations;

WHEREAS, in the brief span of two years the people have made great strides towards the attainment of that society and gained a momentum towards specific goals in the economic and social fields; and

WHEREAS, this unprecedented progress and the historic opportunity to discover and employ the competence of our people to achieve it are regarded by the great majority of our people as a proper object of solemn remembrance and celebration;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Saturday, September 21, 1974, as a special public holiday.

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 20th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary