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Executive Order No. 167, Series of 1987
REPEALING
PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NOS. 1835
AND 1975,
AND REVIVING REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 1700 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO OUTLAW THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE
PHILIPPINES
AND SIMILAR ASSOCIATIONS, PENALIZING MEMBERSHIP THEREIN AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES"
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EXECUTIVE
ORDER NO. 167, SERIES OF 1987
REPEALING
PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NOS. 1835
AND 1975,
AND REVIVING REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 1700 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO OUTLAW THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE
PHILIPPINES
AND SIMILAR ASSOCIATIONS, PENALIZING MEMBERSHIP THEREIN AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES"
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WHEREAS,
the former Congress of the Philippines enacted Republic
Act No. 1700 entitled "An Act to Outlaw the Communist Party of the
Philippines
and Similar Associations, Penalizing Membership Therein and for Other
Purposes";
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WHEREAS,
said Republic Act was superseded by Presidential
Decree No. 885, entitled "Outlawing Subversive Organization, Penalizing
Membership Therein and For Other Purposes," and in turn Presidential
Decree 885 was amended by Presidential
Decree No. 1736;
WHEREAS,
Presidential
Decree No. 885, as amended by Presidential
Decree No. 1736, was likewise superseded by Presidential
Decree No. 1835, entitled, "Codifying The Various Laws on
Anti-Subversion
and Increasing the Penalties for Membership in Subversive Organization,"
which in turn was amended by Presidential
Decree No. 1975;
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WHEREAS,
the above-mentioned Decrees unduly restricts the constitutional right
to
form associations;
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WHEREAS,
there is therefore a need to repeal Presidential
Decrees Nos. 1835 and 1875;
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WHEREAS,
the Supreme Court in the case of People vs. Ferrer, (8 SCRA 382) has,
however,
found the Communist Party of the Philippines to be an illegal
association
working for the overthrow of the Philippine Government by armed
struggle
and establish a communist form of government;
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WHEREAS,
the repeal of the above-mentioned Decrees would leave a vacuum in the
sense
that membership in subversive organizations like the Communist Party of
the Philippines would no longer be punishable, thereby posing a grave
danger
to the stability and existence of the Government; and
WHEREAS,
considering the foregoing premises, it is likewise imperative to revive
Republic Act
No. 1700.
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NOW,
THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue
of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
Section
1.
Presidential
Decrees Nos. 1835 and 1975
are hereby repealed.
Sec.
2. All laws inconsistent
herewith and all presidential issuances, orders, rules and regulations
implementing Presidential
Decrees Nos. 1835 and 1975
are hereby likewise repealed or modified accordingly.
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Sec.
3.
Republic
Act No. 1700, entitled "An Act to Outlaw the Communist Party of the
Philippines
and Similar Associations, Penalizing Membership Therein and for Other
Purposes"
is hereby revived.
Sec.
4. This Executive Order
shall take effect immediately.
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Done
in the City of Manila, this 5th day of May, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen
hundred and eighty-seven.
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