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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 637-A
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 637-A -
ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO AMEND
Section ONE OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 637, DATED JANUARY 7, 1975,
REVISING THE QUESTIONS TO BE SUBMITTED IN THE NATIONAL REFERENDUM OF
FEBRUARY 27, 1975 AND AMENDING Section FOUR OF THE SAME DECREE RELATING
TO PRINTED MATERIALS
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WHEREAS, I
have authorized the Commission on Elections to study the advisability
of revising the referendum questions as amended in Presidential Decree
No. 637, for the purpose of simplifying the questions to enable the
barangay members to understand them fully; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections has submitted its recommendations
which I find to fulfill the purposes which necessitated the restudy of
the questions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers in me
vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 637,
dated January 7, 1975, is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 1. Question for February 27, 1975 Referendum.
— The questions to be submitted in the February 27, 1975 National
Referendum shall be as follows:cralaw:red
"For the Greater Manila Area comprising the cities of Manila, Quezon,
Pasay, and Caloocan; and the municipalities of Valenzuela in the
province of Bulacan; and Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon,
Mandaluyong, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, San Juan del Monte,
Taguig, Pateros, Pasig, and Marikina in the province of Rizal:"
On Local Governments and Officials
1. Do you want the present Mayor-Council form of
government now existing in the cities and municipalities of Greater
Manila to continue?
2. If you do not want the Mayor-Council type to
continue, do you favor of the President exercising his powers to
restructure the local governments in Greater Manila (four cities and 13
municipalities) into an integrated system like a Manager or Commission
form under such terms and conditions as he may decide?
On Martial Law
1. Do you approve of the manner President Marcos has
been exercising his powers under Martial law and the Constitution,
including the power to issue proclamations, orders, decrees, and
instructions with the force of law?
2. Do you want the President to continue exercising
same powers?
II
For Areas outside of the Greater Manila Area
On Local Officials
At the expiration of the terms of office of your local elective
officials on December 31, 1975, how do you want their successors
chosen: to be appointed by the President or elected in accordance with
the Election Code? chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
On Martial Law
1. Do you approve of the manner President Marcos has
been exercising his powers under Martial Law and the Constitution,
including the power to issue proclamations, orders, decrees, and
instructions with the force of law?
2. Do you want the President to continue exercising
the same power?
Section 2. Section 4 of the same Presidential Decree
is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 4. Translation into Major Dialects. — The
questions shall be translated into as many major dialects as possible
[all the dialects spoken by at least 50,000 persons] and such
translation shall be printed in LEAFLET or poster form in sufficient
number using cheap but appropriate material.
AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS BEFORE REFERENDUM DAY, THE TRANSLATED QUESTIONS IN
LEAFLET FORM SHALL BE DISSEMINATED AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE TO ALL
BARANGAYS WHERE THE DIALECT USED IN THE TRANSLATIONS IS SPOKEN."
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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