MALACAÑANG

Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 377

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 348

I, FIDEL V. RAMOS,

President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 19, Article VII of the Constitution, do hereby order:

SECTION 1.

Section 1 of Proclamation No. 348 dated March 25, 1994 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 1. Grant of Amnesty. – Amnesty is hereby granted to all personnel of the AFP and the PNP who shall apply therefor and who have or may have committed, as of

March 25, 1994

, acts or omissions punishable under the Revised Penal Code, the Articles of War or other special laws, in furtherance of, incident to, or in connection with counter-insurgency operations; Provided, that such acts or omissions do not constitute

serious human rights violations

,

such as

acts of torture,

extra-legal execution

, arson, massacre, rape, other crimes against chastity, or robbery of any form; and Provided, that acts were not committed for personal ends”.

SECTION 2.

This Proclamation shall take effect upon concurrence by a majority of all the Members of the Congress.

DONE

in the City of Manila, this 10th day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Four.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President

(Sgd.)

TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.