House Approves Marcos Day (September 11) in Ilocos Norte

President Ferdinand Marcos

The House of Representatives has approved in the third and final reading the law declaring September 11 as a special non-working holiday in the province of Ilocos Norte in commemoration of the birthday of former President Ferdinand Marcos.

According to the report, House Bill 7137 was approved by a vote of 197 on Yes, 9 No and an abstention which set the said date as “President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Day” in Ilocos Norte. 

Ilocos Norte Representatives Angelo Marcos Barba and Ria Fariñas, and Probinsyano Ako party-list Representative Rudys Caesar Fariñas authored the measure.

“For the people of Ilocos Norte, the young and promising Marcos has brought pride to the province and served as inspiration for young leaders to exemplify his leadership and governance administration,” said the Fariñas siblings.

Barba, meanwhile, said Marcos laid the "foundation for nation-building", noting that the country was "ahead of our time" in agriculture, education, infrastructure, energy production, and foreign policy under his leadership.

"His extraordinary display of leadership and incomparable brilliance serves as an inspiration to his fellow Ilocanos. He is a man of vision, action, and wisdom," Marcos said. "Thus, it is only necessary that his life, works, remarkable achievements, an inherent love for his fellow Ilocanos be remembered."

It will be recalled that Marcos was born on September 11, 1917 in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte where he was the representative of Ilocos Norte’s second district in the House from 1949 to 1959.

He was first elected senator in the country before being appointed as the country's 10th president in 1965.

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