DECLARING WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1962, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, the anniversary of the execution of Jose
Abad Santos, jurist, patriot, and martyr, falls on May 2, 1962;

WHEREAS, there is justification for the belief
that he is the outstanding Filipino martyr in the Second World War and his
martyrdom ranks beside those of Dr. Jose Rizal and Fathers Jose Burgos, Mariano
Gomez, and Jacinto Zamora; and

WHEREAS, his martyrdom will remain forever as an
inspiring symbol of the purest ideals of the Filipino people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President
of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 30 of the
Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Wednesday, May 2, 1962, as a
special public holiday throughout the Philippines.

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 25th day of
April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

AMELITO R. MUTUC
Executive Secretary

Normal
0

false
false
false

EN-US
X-NONE
X-NONE

MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:””;
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}