Preamble
WHEREAS, the crimes of subversion, rebellion, sedition, conspiracy or proposal to commit such crimes, and crimes or offenses committed in furtherance thereof or in connection therewith constitute direct attacks on the life of the State; WHEREAS, the Communist threat remains a nagging problem of the government and a continuing menace to the security of the State; WHEREAS, the Communist Party of the Philippines, its military arm, the New People’s Army and any successors of such organizations or similarly purposed organizations persist in pursuing their defined objective to bring down by violence the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and to forcibly seize political power in order that they may replace the existing political, social, economic and legal order with an entirely new one based on communism or to secede or remove from the allegiance to the Philippine government or its laws, the territory of the Philippines or any part thereof; WHEREAS, to support the continuing efforts of the government aimed at solving the problems of public disorder and lawlessness, and the restoration of normalcy in the country, it is necessary to provide an effective deterrent to membership in subversive organizations by increasing the penalty therefor; WHEREAS, there have been a series of amendments to R.A. No. 1700 (the Anti-Subversion Law) and P.D. 885 (the Revised Anti-Subversion Law) thus necessitating the codification of said amendments for purposes of integration and convenience. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree as follows: