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MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS
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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 33 -
ENJOINING ALL MUNICIPAL MAYORS TO OBSERVE A ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM IN THE
CONVERSION OF MUNICIPALITIES INTO CITIES
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of
Sec. 7, 449 and 450 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the
Local Government Code of 1991, a municipality may be converted into a
city provided it meets all the necessary criteria for conversion such
as income, population and land area as set forth under the said
Code;
WHEREAS, present exigencies require that, beyond the conditions of the
Code, any conversion of a municipality to a higher level of local
government should be contingent upon a clear manifestation of economic
growth and social transformation, taking into account the general
health of the local economy, present opportunities for employment,
availability and access to basic urban services and facilities, such as
adequate and well-maintained physical infrastructures, power, water and
telecommunication services, suitable spaces and sites for business, and
accessibility to other urban and growth centers, among other acceptable
criteria of development;
WHEREAS, the conversion of a municipality to a city should likewise
seriously consider the locality's inherent opportunities on further
socio-economic and commercial development, most especially in the
growth of service-sector production and employment, banking, financial
and investment centers, private sector investments, and public
spending; in the expansion of the corresponding improvements in
physical infrastructure as well as higher forms of transportation
systems, such as vehicular and pedestrian traffic engineering and
management; in the rise of commercial business districts and other
built-up areas; in the advancement of the locality's social,
entertainment and cultural amenities, and in the local capabilities to
adequately address potential environmental impact and other
urbanization concerns, among other indicators of urbanization;
WHEREAS, prior to the application of a municipality to acquire city
hood, there is likewise an imperative need for said municipality to
ensure that its residents possess a minimum level of political
awareness and participation in the decision-making processes that will
grant said locality the legal stature of a higher form of local
government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH, EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order that:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine.
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