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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 134
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 134 -
SETTING THE GUIDELINES FOR BARANGAYS' (CITIZENS' ASSEMBLIES)
PARTICIPATION ON LOCAL ISSUES
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WHEREAS, the Office of the President and
the Department of Local Government and Community Development have been
receiving requests from various Barangays to hold referendums in their
local units on local issues affecting their welfare;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 86 dated December 31,
1972, it is the policy of this government to broaden the base of
citizen participation in the democratic process and to afford ample
opportunities for the citizenry to express their views; and
WHEREAS, citizen participation will make the local officials more
responsive to the needs and views of our people in running the affairs
of the local units;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, do
hereby decree as part of the law of the land the following:cralaw:red
1. The Department of Local Government and Community
Development is hereby directed to authorize and supervise the calling
of the referendums in all local units and for this purpose request the
participation of the Department of Education and Culture and other
offices in the localities concerned in conducting the Barangays
(Citizens' Assemblies);chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. A request to the Department of Local Government
and Community Development to conduct a referendum on local issues
affecting the local unit concerned may be initiated by a petition to
conduct a referendum by at least one-fifth (1/5) of the members of the
Barangay (Citizens' Assembly) of the local unit affected; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. Upon receipt of this petition, the Department
shall immediately prepare the questionnaire in accordance with the
local issues asked for in the petition and shall immediately notify the
local unit concerned of the date and time when the referendum shall
take place, giving at least ten (10) days from notice to the date of
the referendum; and
4. When the local issue asked for in the petition
involves the creation, division, merger, abolition or alteration of
existing boundaries of local units, the Department of Local Government
and Community Development, upon receipt of such petition, shall
immediately forward the same to the President and, on the basis of
merit, recommend the issuance of a presidential decree on the matter
asked for, the effectivity of which is conditioned on the approval by
the Barangay (Citizens' Assembly) in the referendum called for that
purpose;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-three.
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