Providing For the Election of the Provincial Governors of Lanao, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Sulu and Mountain Province
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Providing For the Election of the Provincial Governors of Lanao, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Sulu and Mountain Province
Proclamation No. 316
May 21, 1952
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Summary of Proclamation No. 316Provision for Election of Provincial Governors
- Authorizes the election of provincial governors in Lanao, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Sulu, and Mountain Province in the next regular election for provincial offices throughout the Philippines.
- This is pursuant to Republic Act No. 59, which declared the offices of governor and members of the provincial boards in these provinces to be elective when the President ascertains and declares that the people are ready to elect said officials.
- The election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Election Code, as amended.
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- Proclamations Nos. 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38, dated August 26, 1947, authorized the election of members of the provincial boards in these provinces as an initial step in establishing a system of government similar to regular provinces.
- It has been determined that the people of these provinces are now ready to elect their governors.
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Providing For the Election of the Provincial Governors of Lanao, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Sulu and Mountain Province
Proclamation No. 316
•May 21, 1952
MALACAÑANGManila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 316
PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS OF LANAO, BUKIDNON, COTABATO, SULU AND MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 59 has declared the offices of governor and members of the provincial boards in Lanao, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Sulu and Mountain Province to be elective when the President of the Philippines shall have ascertain and shall so declare by proclamation that the people of said provinces are ready to elect said officials;
WHEREAS, under Proclamations Nos. 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38, all dated August 26, 1947, the election of the members of the provincial boards in Lanao, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Sulu and Mountain Province was authorized in the regular election for provincial offices held on November 11, 1947, as an initial step in the establishment therein of a system of government similar in every respect to the government of regular provinces; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the people of said provinces are now ready to elect their governors;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the...
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