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Martial law includes the temporary substitution of military power for
civilian governance and is usually called in time of war, revolt, or natural
disaster. The military commander of a territory or nation has
unrestricted ability to make and enforce laws when martial law is in
place. At 7:17 pm on September 23, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos
stated on television and on radio that he had placed the entirety of the
Philippines under martial law. This marked the beginning of a 14-year
period of one-man rule that would practically remain until Marcos was
banished from the nation on February 25, 1986.