ONE OF THE DARKER EVENTS IN HISTORY

WHAT HAPPENED DURING

Martial Law
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President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21, 1972,
placing the Philippines under Martial Law. Some sources say that Marcos signed the
proclamation on September 17 or on September 22—but, in either case, the
document itself was dated September 21.

A week before the actual declaration of Martial Law, a number of people had
already received information that Marcos had drawn up a plan to completely take
over the government and gain absolute rule. Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr., during a
September 13, 1972 privilege speech, exposed what was known as “Oplan
Sagittarius.” The Senator said he had received a top-secret military plan given by
Marcos himself to place Metro Manila and outlying areas under the control of the
Philippine Constabulary as a prelude to Martial Law. Marcos was going to use a
series of bombings in Metro Manila, including the 1971 Plaza Miranda bombing, as a
justification for his takeover and subsequent authoritarian rule
What happen during Martial Law?
According to IBON FOUNDATION
SOVEREIGN GUARANTEES: $3.6 B
PLDT, MERALCO, CDCP, PAL, NASUTRA/ PHILSUCOM, CELLOPHIL, LANOIL, PLANTERS
PRODUCTS, NIDC, PNOC.

BEHEST LOANS: P50 B

Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer, North Davao Mining Corp., Bukidnon Sugar Milling
Corp.,United Planters Sugar Milling, Northern Cotabato Sugar Ind., Sabena Mining Corp.,
Asia Industries, Domsat, PNB Deposit Facility/ AMEXCO, Pamplona Redwood Veneer,
Pagdanganan Timber Products, Menzi Devt Corp, GSIS, Mindanao Coconut Mills

The Marcoses had spent $68 million: $11 million on clothes, paintings, antiques, and
handicrafts; $2.4 million on food, hotel accommodations, and transport; and $1.6 million
on flowers alone.
What happen during Martial Law?
According to IBON FOUNDATION
SOVEREIGN GUARANTEES: $3.6 B
PLDT, MERALCO, CDCP, PAL, NASUTRA/ PHILSUCOM, CELLOPHIL, LANOIL, PLANTERS
PRODUCTS, NIDC, PNOC.

BEHEST LOANS: P50 B

Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer, North Davao Mining Corp., Bukidnon Sugar Milling
Corp.,United Planters Sugar Milling, Northern Cotabato Sugar Ind., Sabena Mining Corp.,
Asia Industries, Domsat, PNB Deposit Facility/ AMEXCO, Pamplona Redwood Veneer,
Pagdanganan Timber Products, Menzi Devt Corp, GSIS, Mindanao Coconut Mills

The Marcoses had spent $68 million: $11 million on clothes, paintings, antiques, and
handicrafts; $2.4 million on food, hotel accommodations, and transport; and $1.6 million
on flowers alone.
According to Amnesty International, about 70,000 people were imprisoned and 34,000 tortured, while 3,240 were
killed.

The human rights violations were categorized as follows:

o Arrest/Detention
o Death in evacuations
o Demolition
o Destruction of property
o Disappearance
o Divestment of property
o Evacuation
o Fake/forced surrender
o Frustrated massacre
o Frustrated salvaging
o Hamletting
o Harassment
o Massacre
o Other woundings/frustrated killings
o Physical assault
o Salvaging
o Violent Dispersal
When Marcos sat in power, in the 1960s about 42 percent of Filipinos were considered poor. In
1971, before Marcos declared martial law, poverty incidence increased to 52 percent. By the
time Marcos came to the end of his 21-year rule, already three of five Filipinos (59 percent) were
poor.

From 1978 to 1983, the number of workers without jobs increased from 800,000 to 1.2 million.
Meanwhile, underemployment went from 1.6 million to 5.6 million.

The GDP per capita growth rate of the Philippines from 1970-80 was 3.4 percent, Malaysia at 5.3
percent, Thailand at 5.1 percent, Indonesia at 5.7 percent and Singapore at 7.7 percent. Making
the Philippines as the SICK MAN OF ASIA.