Memorandum Order No. 261, issued on July 3, 2007, by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, expresses the government's support for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Resolutions Nos. 8180 and 8181, which involve the deputation of various government agencies to oversee the plebiscite scheduled for June 23, 2007. This plebiscite aims to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Tandag in Surigao del Sur into a component city. The order mandates the coordination and cooperation of law enforcement and other agencies, including the Department of Education, the Department of Public Works and Highways, and the Philippine National Police, to ensure a fair and credible voting process. The order is effective immediately.
July 3, 2007
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 261
EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE AND RATIFICATION IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS EMBODIED IN COMELEC RESOLUTION NOS. 8180 AND 8181 BOTH PROMULGATED 13 JUNE 2007, IN CONNECTION WITH THE JUNE 23, 2007 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY THE CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TANDAG IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF TANDAG, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9392
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 Nos. 8181 and 8180 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), both promulgated 13 June 2007, deputizing the Department of Education (DepEd); Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), including their secretaries; 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 Surigao del Sur, for the purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the June 23, 2007 plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Tandag in the Province of Surigao del Sur into a component city to be known as the City of Tandag, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9392.
The foregoing national and local officials and employees, law enforcement agencies and other instrumentalities of the government, 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 3rd day of July, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven. IDETCA