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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 147 -
CONSTITUTING THE PRESIDENTIAL CONSCIENCE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CASES OF
DEATH CONVICTS SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION
WHEREAS,
Republic Act 7659 imposed the death penalty on certain heinous crimes
“in the interest of justice, public order, and the rule of law;”
WHEREAS, RA 7659 states that “In all cases where the death sentence has
become final, the records of the case shall be forwarded immediately by
the Supreme Court to the Office of the President for possible exercise
of the pardoning power;”
WHEREAS, the President has exercised, on several occasions, his power
under the Constitution (Article VII) to grant reprieve to death
convicts;
WHEREAS, there is need to balance humanitarian concerns and the demands
of social justice in the implementation of the law on death penalty and
the exercise of the President’s power to grant reprieve, commutations,
and pardons;
WHEREAS, there is need for a multidisciplinary group that will assist
the President in reviewing cases of death penalty turned over by the
Supreme Court to the Office of the President.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, hereby
order that:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
(a)
(b)
(c)
The Committee may call on representatives from the families of the accused and the victim during its deliberations.
The members of the Committee from the private sector shall not be considered as public officials but rather as private sector representatives in a consultative and recommendatory body.
Sec. 3.
(a)
(b)
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Sec. 6.
Sec. 7. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 27th day of August, in the Year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine.
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