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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1052
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1052 -
PROVIDING FOR TEMPORARY SPECIAL DISQUALIFICATIONS FROM EXERCISING THE
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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(REPEALED
BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1290)
WHEREAS, the right of suffrage, although a constitutional right, is not
a natural right and its exercise may, for reasons of public policy, be
limited by law;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to preserve the gains achieved under the regime of
Martial Law, it is necessary to suspend the right of suffrage including
the concomitant right to be voted to public office of persons who are
detained for subversion, crimes against national security and certain
crimes against public order.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Any person who is detained upon a finding
of probable cause of subversion, any crime against national security or
the following crimes against Public Order: Rebellion/Insurrection,
Conspiracy and Proposal to Commit Rebellion/Insurrection, Disloyalty of
Officials and employees, Inciting to Rebellion/Insurrection, Sedition,
Conspiracy to Commit Sedition and Inciting to Sedition, shall
automatically be temporarily disqualified from exercising the right to
vote or be voted to a public office, such temporary disqualification to
continue, despite the grant of a temporary release or a downgrading to
House Arrest status, until such time as he shall have been acquitted by
a competent court of the charge (s) against him is/are permanently
dismissed; Provided, That administrative boards shall be constituted
hereafter pursuant to rules and regulations which the Secretary of
National Defense shall immediately promulgate, which boards shall
recommend to the President of the Philippines the lifting of such
temporary disqualification or its resumption; and Provided, finally,
That such boards shall function under the administrative supervision of
the Secretary of National Defense.
Section 2. All laws, decrees, orders, instructions,
rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Decree are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-six.
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