PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1661-A, January 03, 1980
AMENDING SECTION ONE OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1661, ENTITLED “PROHIBITING GUEST CANDIDACY AND PROVIDING SANCTIONS AND PENALTY THEREFOR.”
Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1661 there is a necessity of
amending said Section to jibe with the provisions of Sections 2 (6) and
Section 10, Article XII (C) of the Constitution.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of
the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me
by the Constitution, do hereby amend Section one of Presidential Decree
No. 1661 to read as follows:
“SECTION 1. Guest candidacy. — It shall be
unlawful for any registered or accredited political party to nominate
and/or support as its official candidate any person belonging to another
accredited or registered party unless he has affiliated with the
nominating party at least six months before the election.”
SEC. 2. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President: (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Assistant