ONE OF the most prominent slogans and rhetoric – and probably the only issue – of the “devotees to the cult of the yellow ribbon” now dyed pink, pseudo communists and “useful idiots” against President Bongbong Marcos is the so-called spectre of martial law.
We keep on seeing during rallies tarpaulins and placards bearing the same boring and stupid slogans — “No to Martial Law”, “Never Again to Martial Law”, etc.
Alongside this fixation with martial law is the relentless attack on former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. who, by the way, has been dead more than 30 years ago.
The way these idiots/dummies are screaming against martial law one would think it is pure evil, illegal and should not exist at all. I prefer to lump them all as just plain stupid.
You know stupid, those knowing the truth, seeing the truth, but still believing the lies. Dummy or dummies is just another term for stupid.
Excerpts from the 1987 “Cory Constitution” of the Philippines:
Article VII (Executive Department)
Section 18. The President shall be the Commander-in-Chief of all armed forces of the Philippines and whenever it becomes necessary, he may call out such armed forces to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion. In case of invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it, he may, for a period not exceeding sixty days, suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus or place the Philippines or any part thereof under martial law. Within forty-eight hours from the proclamation of martial law or the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, the President shall submit a report in person or in writing to the Congress. The Congress, voting jointly, by a vote of at least a majority of all its Members in regular or special session, may revoke such proclamation or suspension, which revocation shall not be set aside by the President. Upon the initiative of the President, the Congress may, in the same manner, extend such proclamation or suspension for a period to be determined by the Congress, if the invasion or rebellion shall persist and public safety requires it.
A state of martial law does not suspend the operation of the Constitution, nor supplant the functioning of the civil courts or legislative assemblies, nor authorize the conferment of jurisdiction on military courts and agencies over civilians where civil courts are able to function, nor automatically suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
The suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall apply only to persons judicially charged for rebellion or offenses inherent in, or directly connected with, invasion.
During the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, any person thus arrested or detained shall be judicially charged within three days, otherwise he shall be released.
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Martial law is a legal instrument of a sovereign nation to defend itself.
The framers of the 1987 (our present Constitution) were all handpicked by “Tita Cory” and not elected – and were all subservient to her – producing a bespoke Constitution according to her whims.
If martial law is evil as these idiots are now screaming, why then did her handpicked framers still include it in her 1987 Constitution?
Because martial law is a necessary instrument of the state to protect itself and not some bogeyman conjured by then President Marcos. Take note that the 1937 constitution gave him the legal power to declare martial law.
Martial law is declared either when there is near-violent civil unrest, war, rebellion or in cases of major natural disasters where there is a state of national emergency.
And during that time who was stirring trouble in Senate with his privilege speeches, creating anarchy, bombing political rallies, abetting the fledging CPP/NPA? Why it was that “Malaysian”, Marcial Bonifacio a.k.a. Ninoy Aquino.
Incidentally, martial law was declared five times by different presidents – Emilio Aguinaldo, Jose P. Laurel, Ferdinand Marcos, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Rodrigo Duterte.
Really, there is nothing evil nor dictatorial about martial law unless you happen to be someone out to overthrow the legitimate government by violent means i.e., the CPP/NPA/NDF./PN
