TANGGAPAN NG PANGULO NG PILIPINAS
(OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES)

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 1075

PROCLAIMING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIQUIJOR AS THE
CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE OF SIQUIJOR

WHEREAS, in the plebiscite held in the sub-province of Siquijor in Negros Oriental during the last local elections on November 8, 1971, pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 6398, the creation of said sub-province into a separate and independent province was favored by a majority votes cast therein and the Municipality of Siquijor was chosen by the highest number of votes as the permanent capital of said new province, as certified by the Commission on Elections; and

WHEREAS, said law directs that the municipality so chosen shall be proclaimed by the President of the Philippines as the capital of said newly created province within thirty days after receipt of said certification by the Commission on Elections;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, hereby proclaim the municipality of Siquijor as the capital of the province of Siquijor.

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 12th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines

By the President:
(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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