Proclamation No. 2077, s. 1981

Signed on April 11, 1981

MALACAÑANG
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 2077

PROCLAIMING THE RATIFICATION IN THE PLEBISCITE OF APRIL 7, 1981 OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION EMBODIED IN BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 122 AND DECLARING THEM THEREFORE EFFECTIVE AND IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT

WHEREAS, in a plebiscite held on April 7, 1981 pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 122, hereto attached as Annex “A” and made an integral part hereof, three questions were asked, which questions are contained in said Annex “A”;

WHEREAS, the canvass conducted by the Commission on Elections in accordance with law yielded the following results, with 19,250,019 actually voting:

Question No. 1, on the amendments which, in substance, call for the establishment of a modified parliamentary system, amending for this purpose Articles VII, VIII and IX of the Constitution:

YES — 13,847,765
NO — 3,564,675

Question No. 2, on the amendments which, in substance, institute electoral reforms:

YES — 13,774,799
NO — 3,672,644

Question No. 3, on the amendment which, in substance, provides that a natural-born citizen of the Philippines who has lost his Philippine citizenship may be a transferee of private land, for use by him as residence:

YES — 13,382,300
NO — 3,874,416

WHEREAS, the above results of the plebiscite show that 79.53% of those who actually voted approved the amendments to the Constitution in Question No. 1; 78.95%, the amendments in Question No. 2; and 77.55%, the amendments in Question No. 3;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby certify and proclaim that the amendments to the Constitution embodied in Batas Pambansa Blg. 122 were duly ratified by the Filipino people in the plebiscite held on April 17, 1981, and that these amendments are therefore effective and in full force and effect as of the date of this Proclamation.

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 11th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant

Source: Official Gazette