CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL EXISTING VACANCIES IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Whereas, the Senate has certified that a vacancy
exists in the Senate due to the election of Senator Carlos P. Garcia as Vice
President of the Philippines; and

Whereas, the House of Representatives also
certified that vacancies exist in the first district of the province of Albay
and in the first district of the province of Samar;

Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority
conferred upon me by section 20 of Republic Act No. 180, known as the Revised
Election Code, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby
proclaim and call special elections shall take place on Tuesday, the eighth day
of member of the Senate to fill the unexpired portion of the vacancy therein;
in the first district of the province of Albay and in the first district of the
province of Samar for the purpose of electing the members who are to fill the
unexpired portions of the terms of the aforementioned existing vacancies in the
House of Representatives, which elections shall take place on Tuesday, the
eight day of November, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, to coincide with the
general elections for provincial, city, and municipal officials and for eight senators.

The provisions of the Revised Election Code
insofar as they are applicable shall be followed in the conduct of the
elections herein called.

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
August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence, of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary