Preamble
WHEREAS, efforts of the Government to accelerate the restoration of peace and order throughout the country have yielded positive results, particularly the cessation of hostilities and other armed confrontations and encounters between Government Forces, on the one hand, and some elements of anti-government groups or organizations, specially those who call or refer to themselves as leaders, members, supporters or symphatizers of the Moro National Liberation Front or MNLF and its armed contingent, the Bangsa Moro Army or BMA, on the other hand, in some areas in Mindanao and Palawan; WHEREAS, in order to attain the objectives of such peace-making efforts, it is the policy of the Government to provide the opportunity for the leaders, members, supporters and symphatizers of the said groups and organizations who might have committed crimes or violations of laws in the furtherance of their resistance to the duly constituted authorities of the Republic of the Philippines to return to the folds of the law and become loyal, law-abiding and useful citizens of the Republic; WHEREAS, to achieve such a desirable result, without further bloodshed, loss of lives, and waste of time, effort and other valuable resources, it is deemed necessary, just and wise for the Government to forgive and forego the prosecution of said persons for the commission of the crimes herein mentioned; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree, as part of the laws of the land, the following: