PROCLAMATION NO. 878, May 06, 2025

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 878, May 06, 2025 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

WHEREAS, the National and Local Elections shall be held on Monday, 12 May 2025;

WHEREAS, there is a need to declare Monday, 12 May 2025, as a special (non-working) holiday to enable the people to properly exercise their right to vote;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, 12 May 2025, a special (non-working) holiday throughout the country for the National and Local Elections.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the President to be affixed.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 6 th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Five.

(SGD.) FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) LUCAS P. BERSAMIN Executive Secretary