On April 26, 2018, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte issued Proclamation No. 475 declaring a state of calamity in Boracay and ordering its closure for six months. As a result of such order, several local residents of Boracay whose livelihood depended on the tourism industry assailed the constitutionality of the Presidential Proclamation.

Read the Decision of the Supreme Court regarding the case and discuss in your own opinion the reason why the Supreme Court upheld the validity of Presidential Proclamation No. 475.

Explain your answer in not more than one-fifthy(150) words. Do not copy the exact statements from the case. Reword, restate and explain based on your own understanding.

Any answer that replicates any of the statements in the ruling shall automatically receive a score of 0.

Case Title and Number: Zabal v. Duterte, G.R. No. 238467, February 12, 2019

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