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IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY
He remarked over the phone, “I spent four years
in prison because I demanded the return of
student councils and the school paper.” During
the martial law, a Filipino civilian cries,”I was
severely abused.”
By:
Leahn Allera
Sheena Guanizon
Divine Delos Santos
Jhomel Rocero
Jhon Paul Sabuya
• Mr. Marcos on Sept. 23, 1972
announced on national television
that he had placed the country
under martial law, citing an alleged
communist threat. Proclamation
1081, which was dated two days
earlier, abolish Congress and
allowed him to consolidate power
by extending his tenure beyond the
two presidential terms allowed by
the 1935 Constitution.
More than 70,000 people were jailed, about
34,000 were tortured and more than 3,000
people died under martial rule, according to
Amnesty International.
• WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MARTIAL LAW? IT’S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU MAKE YOUR
CHOICE.