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DECREE PRESCRIBING A CONDITION FOR AMNESTY.
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WHEREAS,
because of subversive and destructive movements and activities against
the government, and the State itself, the nation has suffered grievous
wounds that must be healed; .chan
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WHEREAS,
to hasten the restoration of tranquility and stability to the nation,
and
achieve national reconciliation and unity, I have issued various
decrees
extending amnesty to those who have committed such crimes as
subversion,
rebellion, sedition, illegal possession of firearms, and such other
offenses
affecting public order and the national security penalized by the
Revised
Penal Code or special laws;
WHEREAS,
to heal and bind the nation's wounds and prevent such from becoming
permanent
and festering afflictions upon the Filipino nation's unity and harmony,
and thereby establish a clean, fresh and unscarred start for all
Filipinos,
united in one sustained effort to rebuild their nation, all thoughts of
recrimination should be laid to rest..chan
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NOW,
THEREFORE, I FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers in me vested
by the Constitution, do hereby decree and promulgate:
1. The
application for, and the acceptance of, amnesty under the provisions of
any of the Decrees above mentioned shall constitute, as they hereby
constitute,
a waiver of any and all rights of action that the person accepting the
amnesty may have had against any public officer arising out of any act,
activity or conduct in connection with or in implementation of an order
to arrest, detain and/or try the former.
2. This
decree shall take effect immediately..chan
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Done
in the City of Manila, this 24th day of December, in the year of Our
Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty..chan
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