Bill filed by Lagman declaring the anniversary of EDSA a permanent holiday
Lagman submitted the bill in response to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s "Proclamation 368," which removed February 25 from the list of holidays and special non-working days for 2024.
Since there is no official statute designating the 1986 EDSA People Power holiday as a regular national public non-working holiday, the presidents have had the authority to decide whether to declare it a national holiday each year.
The EDSA People Power anniversary celebration was rescheduled by PBBM on February 24 this year in order to extend the weekend and encourage holiday spending.
Malacañang said that the omission of the EDSA People Power anniversary was decided upon after taking into account that the occasion has
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