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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 147
TO
: Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile
Department of National Defense
Secretary Jose Roño
Department of Local Governments and
Community Development
WHEREAS, the constant fear of investigations based many a time upon false, frivolous and malicious complaints has worked adversely against the speedy and efficient implementation of many of the programs of Government such the cleanliness and beautification program, the Palayan ng Bayan, the Green Revolution program, and the efforts to relocate squatters;
WHEREAS, there are strong indications that some partisan sectors of our society are utilizing these investigations to harass local officials;
WHEREAS, it is necessary that we guard against these schemes or strategy of the partisan sectors of our society and to maintain at all times prudence in the conduct of the investigations against officials of the Government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order:
1.
That no investigation or arrest of any provincial,
city, municipal or other local elective officials shall be made without
previous clearance and authority from me;
2. That any
inquiries affecting these local officials
should at all times be conducted, if undertaken by the military, in
coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Local Governments
and Community Development;
3. That the
military should desist from intervening
in these investigations if the charges against such local officials are
within the jurisdiction of the civil courts;
4. That no
investigations or inquiries shall be
initiated or conducted against any of these local officials on the
basis of charges arising from acts committed before September 21, 1972
without first clearing with me through the Secretary of the Department
of Local Governments and Community Development;
5. That in all
inquiries or investigations, the
complainant should first be required to swear to his complaint, which
should be in writing, and reminded of his responsibilities as a
consequence thereof, advising him as well that rumor-mongering is
punishable under existing laws.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
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