Directing the Armed Forces of the Philippines and The Philippine National Police to Suppress the Rebellion in the National Capital Region
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Directing the Armed Forces of the Philippines and The Philippine National Police to Suppress the Rebellion in the National Capital Region
General Order No. 1
May 1, 2001
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General Order No. 1 Directing the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police to Suppress the Rebellion in the National Capital Region- Whereas clauses:
• An armed and violent mob, coming from the EDSA Shrine mass gathering and other armed groups, assaulted and attempted to break into Malacañang with the purpose of overthrowing the government and seizing political power. (Section 1)
• The mob rose publicly, showed open hostility, and took up arms against the government to remove allegiance of certain Armed Forces and Police units, and to deprive the President of her powers and prerogatives, constituting the crime of rebellion under Article 134 of the Revised Penal Code. (Section 1)
• Armed groups recruited by leaders and conspirators rose publicly and by use of arms to overthrow the government and seize political power. (Section 2)
- Operative clauses:
• Under Article VII, Section 18 of the Constitution, the President as Commander-in-Chief may call out the armed forces to suppress rebellion. (Section 3)
• President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo calls upon the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police to suppress and quell the rebellion. (Section 4)
• The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and the Chief of the Philippine National Police, and their officers and men, are directed to immediately carry out necessary and appropriate actions and measures to suppress and quell the rebellion with due regard to constitutional rights. (Section 5)
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Directing the Armed Forces of the Philippines and The Philippine National Police to Suppress the Rebellion in the National Capital Region
General Order No. 1
•May 1, 2001
GENERAL ORDER NO. 1
DIRECTING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE TO SUPPRESS THE REBELLION IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
WHEREAS, the angry and violent mob, armed with explosives, firearms, bladed weapons, clubs, stones and other deadly weapons, in great part coming from the mass gathering at the EDSA, Shrine, and other armed groups, having been agitated and incited and, acting upon the instigation and under the command and direction of known and unknown leaders, have and continue to assault and attempt to break into Malacañang with the avowed purpose of overthrowing the duly constituted Government and forcibly seize political power, and have and continue to rise publicly, show open hostility, and take up arms against the duly constituted Government for the purpose of removing from the allegiance to the Government certain bodies of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, and to deprive the President of the Republic of the Philippines, wholly or partially, of her powers and prerogatives which constitute the continuing crime of...
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