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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1784
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1784 -
ABOLISHING THE COUNCILS FOR THE PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA CREATED UNDER
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 587 IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 576, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1776
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WHEREAS,
shortly after the proclamation of a state of martial law government
supervision of the media of mass communication was terminated because
the various sectors of mass media had proven themselves capable of
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WHEREAS, the councils for the print and broadcast media created under
Letter of Instructions No. 587 in accordance with Presidential Decree
No. 576 had further raised the level of responsibility, respect for law
and competence for self-regulation in the mass media.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by Constitution, do hereby order
and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. Presidential Decree No. 576, dated
November 9, 1974, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1776, is hereby
repealed.
Section 2. The councils for print and broadcast media
created under Letter of Instructions No. 587 in accordance with
Presidential Decree No. 576, as amended by Presidential Decree No.
1776, are hereby abolished.
Section 3. The print and broadcast media may,
however, in accord with their demonstrated regard for excellence and a
high sense of responsibility as constant objectives, establish other
self-regulatory bodies of their own in such form and with rules and
regulations as they may respectively see fit.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.
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