Proclamation No. 1103




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 1103, January 17, 1973 ] DECLARING THAT THE INTERIM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE-XVII (TRANSITORY PROVISIONS) OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION BE NOT CONVENED. WHEREAS, Barangays (Citizens Assemblies) were created in barrios in municipalities and in districts/wards in chartered cities pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 86 dated December 31, 1972, composed of all persons who are residents of the barrio, district or ward for at least six months, fifteen years of age or over, citizens of the Philippines and who are registered in the list of Citizen Assembly members kept by the barrio, district or ward secretary; WHEREAS, the said Barangays were established precisely to broaden the base of citizen participation in the democratic process and to afford ample opportunities for the citizenry to express their views on important national issues; WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 86-A dated January 5, 1973 and Presidential Decree No. 86-B dated January 7, 1973, this question was posed before the Barangays: Do you approve the New Constitution? WHEREAS, fourteen million nine hundred seventy six thousand five hundred sixty-one (14,976,561) members of all the Barangays voted for the adoption of the proposed Constitution, as against seven hundred forty-three thousand eight hundred sixty-nine (743,869) who voted for its rejection; but a majority of those who approved the new Constitution conditioned their votes on the demand that the interim National Assembly provided in its Transitory Provisions should not be convened; WHEREAS, under Article XVII, Section 3 (1) of the New Constitution, the President is vested with the discretion when to convene the interim National Assembly; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution and in deference to the sovereign will of the Filipino people, do hereby declare that the convening of the interim National Assembly provided for in Article XVII (Transitory Provisions) of the new Constitution shall be suspended.1aшphi1 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 17th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation