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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1676
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1676 -
AMENDING THE 1978 ELECTION CODE BY PROVIDING THAT THE INVESTIGATION,
PROSECUTION AND DISPOSITION OF CASES INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION
LAWS SHALL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE AND PRIORITY
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WHEREAS,
The sanctity of the ballot is one of the fundamental principles of
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WHEREAS, the main purposes of election laws is to secure the rights of
the electors to the end that they may express their choices freely, and
untrammeled by threats, violence, intimidation, and/or corruption;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, public interest demands that violation of election laws be
immediately investigated, prosecuted and decided, to safeguard and
secure the free expression of the people's will at the polls.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. The 1978 Election Code is hereby amended
by adding a next session to be known as "Section 184-A" which shall
read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 184-A. Preferential Disposition of Election
Offenses. — The investigation and prosecution of cases involving
violations of the elections laws shall be given preference and priority
by the Commission on Elections and prosecuting officials. Their
investigation shall be commenced without delay, and shall be resolved
by the investigation officer within (5) days from its submission for
resolution. The courts shall likewise give preference to election
offices over all other cases, except petitions for writ of habeas
corpus. Their trial shall likewise be commenced without delay, and
shall be conducted continuously until terminated, and the case shall be
decided within thirty (30) days from its submission for decision."
Section 2. This decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty.
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