CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL AN EXISTING VACANCY IN THE SENATE

WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Senate has
certified that a vacancy exists in the Senate as a result of the election and
qualification as Vice President of former Senator Fernando Lopez whose term
will expire on December 30, 1953;

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, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, hereby issue
this proclamation and call a special election to take place in the entire
Philippines on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and
fifty-one, to coincide with the general elections for provincial and municipal
officials and for eight senators, for the purpose of electing the member who
will fill the unexpired portion of the term of former Senator Fernando Lopez.

The provisions of the Revised Election Code
insofar as they are applicable shall be followed in the conduct of the special
election 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 New York, N. Y., U. S. A.
(for the City of Manila), this 24th day of September, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the
sixth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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