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PRESIDENT Arroyo has issued Proclamation 1279 declaring
Monday, May 14, a special public (nonworking) holiday
nationwide to give the people a chance to exercise their
right to vote during the national and local elections on
that day.
In his
weekly press conference in Ma-lacañang on Wednesday,
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the President
signed the proclamation on April 24.
Ermita
also said that Malacañang decided not to declare April
30, which is sandwiched between Sunday and May 1, a
public holiday, as a nonworking day because of concerns
raised by the Department of Labor and Employment and the
Department of Trade and Industry.
Labor
Secretary Arturo Brion said earlier he had recommended
that April 30 not be declared a holiday because it was
“anti-labor” and “anti-business” as it hurt daily wage
earners and reduced business productivity.
--M.
Gonzalez |
