DECLARING JUNE 12 AS PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY

WHEREAS, the establishment of the Philippine
Republic by the Revolutionary Government under General Emilio Aguinaldo on June
12, 1898, marked our people’s declaration and exercise of their right to
self-determination, liberty and independence;

WHEREAS, such a historic and inspiring action was
a legitimate assertion by the Filipino nation of their natural and inalienable
claim to freedom and independence, which is an inherent right of every people
not dependent upon the will and discretion of another; and

WHEREAS, the transcendental importance of the
event demands that it be observed throughout the land with fitting ceremonies
to the end that it will be cherished forever in the hearts of the Filipino
people and inspire them and posterity to greater dedication and endeavor for
the welfare of the country and the well-being of man-kind;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President
of the Philippines by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 30 of the
Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Tuesday, June 12, 1962, as a
special public holiday throughout the Philippines in commemoration of our
people’s declaration of their inherent and inalienable right to freedom and
independence.

I urge all national, provincial, city and
municipal officials throughout the country to make arrangements in their
respective localities for the appropriate celebration of the occasion as
Philippine Independence Day.

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 ofManila, this 12th day of May,
in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred sixty-two, and of the Independence of
the Philippines, the sixteenth.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) AMELITO R. MUTUC
Executive Secretary

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