• Deputation of Law Enforcement Agencies for the July 14, 2007 Plebiscite in Guilhulngan, Negros Oriental
Memorandum Order No. 267•Jul 25, 2007•Presidential Issuances

Memorandum Order No. 267, issued on July 25, 2007, by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, expresses concurrence and ratification of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Resolution No. 8207. This resolution deputizes law enforcement agencies, including the Philippine National Police, to ensure a free and credible plebiscite on July 14, 2007, regarding the conversion of Guilhulngan into a component city under Republic Act No. 9409. The memorandum mandates these agencies to cooperate with COMELEC in their duties. The order took effect immediately upon issuance.

July 25, 2007

MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 267

EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE AND RATIFICATION IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS EMBODIED IN COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 8207 PROMULGATED ON 28 JUNE 2007, IN CONNECTION WITH THE JULY 14, 2007 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUILHULNGAN IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF GUILHULNGAN, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9409

Pursuant to Section 2 (4), Article IX (C) of the Constitution, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby concur with Resolution No. 8207 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), promulgated on 28 June 2007, deputizing the National Police Commission including its Chairman; and the Philippine National Police (PNP), including its Chief, and all the officers and men under him in the Province of Negros Oriental, for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the July 14, 2007 plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Guilhulngan in the Province of Negros Oriental into a component city to be known as the City of Guilhulngan, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9409. DCcHAa

The foregoing law enforcement agencies are hereby directed to coordinate and cooperate with the Commission on Elections in the performance of their duties and functions.

This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.