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4 days ago · In September 1972 Marcos declared martial law, claiming that it was the last defense against the rising disorder caused by increasingly violent student demonstrations, the alleged threats of communist insurgency by the new Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), and the Muslim separatist movement of the Moro National Liberation ...
Using the rising wave of lawlessness and the threat of a Communist insurgency as justification, President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972 by virtue of Proclamation No. 1081.
Jun 21, 2024 · Filipinos told: Reject ‘martial law lies’. by Ritchel Mendiola. PHILIPPINE Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, September 21, warned Filipinos about attempts to revise history as the country marked the 48th anniversary of the declaration of martial law under late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Jun 25, 2024 · Two framers of the 1987 Constitution on Tuesday aired different views on the proposal in the Senate to include the phrase "imminent danger" as a basis for the declaration of martial law.
3 days ago · At the time of his accession in 1992, he was the first and only Protestant to date to be elected President of the Philippines with a Roman Catholic majority and the only Filipino officer in history to have held every rank in the Philippine military from Second Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief.
Jul 8, 2024 · The Jones Law provisions on martial law were transposed wholesale into the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines, and the power to impose martial law earlier possessed by the American Governor General was vested on the President of the Philippines.
Jul 2, 2024 · CURRENT developments in the Philippines are bringing back the specter of martial law. President Rodrigo Duterte has given not-too-subtle hints about declaring it.
