WHEREAS, Presidential Decrees Nos. 1727-A and 1804 abridge the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances, and are therefore inconsistent with Proclamation No. 3 dated March 25, 1986, which adopted in toto Article IV of the 1973 Constitution, as amended;
WHEREAS, to avoid doubts on and disputes over their invalidity and to make effective the guarantees of the rights and freedoms of the people, there is a need to expressly repeal them;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Presidential Decrees Nos. 1727-A and 1804 are hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of Dec. in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-six.
(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYOExecutive Secretary
