QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 125)
The text cites Section 19, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution, which requires concurrence by a majority of all the Members of Congress for amnesty proclamations to take effect.
To create the National Amnesty Commission tasked with receiving and processing applications for amnesty and determining whether applicants are entitled to amnesty under the specified Proclamation Nos. 1090, 109X, 1092, and 1093.
It receives and processes applications for amnesty and determines whether applicants are entitled to amnesty under the relevant presidential proclamations.
Proclamation Nos. 1090, 109X, 1092, and 1093.
It may issue a Certificate of Amnesty to qualified applicants, but such issuance requires approval of the President.
It may administer oaths, summon witnesses, and require the production of documents by subpoena duces tecum.
Testimonies of the applicant and his witnesses for a grant of amnesty, and any evidence presented by him before the Commission that is not otherwise available to the prosecution, shall not be used against the applicant in other proceedings where amnesty is not in issue, except for perjury committed in so testifying.
It authorizes the Commission to promulgate rules and regulations relative to the implementation of the presidential amnesty proclamations.
The Commission may call on any government office, body, agency, instrumentality, council, or commission to render assistance for efficient and effective implementation of its functions.
Local Amnesty Boards are local bodies constituted in provinces, cities, and municipalities as may be necessary by the Commission.
It has seven (7) members: a chairperson and two (2) regular members to be appointed/designated by the President, plus ex-officio members—the Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of National Defense, the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, and the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity.
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity provides the secretariat.
Yes. They may designate alternates with a rank not lower than an Assistant Secretary to represent their offices. Such attendance is sufficient for quorum and the alternates are allowed to vote.
The ex-officio members should be the signatories to any resolution or decision issued or passed by the Commission stating that the applicant for amnesty is qualified under the relevant proclamation.
Its term expires upon completion of its assigned tasks as determined by the President.
From the budget of the Office of the President or charged against sources to be identified by the Department of Budget and Management.
They shall be included in the annual budget of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process.
All other orders, issuances, rules and regulations inconsistent with the EO are repealed or modified accordingly.
Immediately upon the effectivity of any of the referenced amnesty proclamations (Proclamation Nos. 1090, 109X, 1092, and 1093).