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; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers in me
vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree and promulgate:cralaw:red
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.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty.
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