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Panelo: Martial law a tool to save democracy @ 2019-09-23T08: Back Hot News
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PANELO DISPUTED THE VIEW OF GROUPS OPPOSED TO THE VERY CONCEPT OF MARTIAL LAW, SAYING IT ONLY BECOMES "OBNOXIOUS" IF THERE ARE ABUSES. HE SAID THE PROCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW "ARISES ONLY UPON CONSTITUTIONAL DICTATES."
IN SEPTEMBER 1972, A YEAR BEFORE MARCOS WAS REQUIRED BY LAW TO STEP DOWN FROM OFFICE, HE DECLARED MARTIAL LAW. REASONS COULD BE BOTH FUNNY AND HORRIBLE: IMMINENT DANGER OF SUBVERSION OF THE STATE BY COMMUNIST FORCES. THE STUDENT LEADERS OF NEGROS MET THIS WITH SKEPTICISM. WE ASKED, "HOW COULD THIS BE? THE CCP-NPA WAS BARELY FOUR YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME AND LARGELY CONFINED TO ISABELA IN LUZON."
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN THE PHILIPPINES (NCCP)PASTOR REV. IRMA M. BALABA ISSUED THE STATEMENT ON MONDAY TO STRESS THEIMPORTANCE OF MARKING FORMER PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS』S DECLARATION OFMARTIAL LAW.
IN THE COLLEGE TOWN OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., PROTESTERS WHO TOOK TO THE STREETS TO PEACEFULLY EXPRESS THEIR DISAPPROVAL OF A PLANNED KKK RALLY WERE HELD AT BAY BY IMPLACABLE LINES OF GUN-WIELDING RIOT POLICE. ONLY AFTER A MOTLEY CREW OF KLANSMEN HAD BEEN SAFELY ESCORTED TO AND FROM THE RALLY BY BLACK-GARBED POLICE DID THE ASSEMBLED ARMY OF CITY, COUNTY AND STATE POLICE DECLARE THE PUBLIC GATHERING UNLAWFUL AND PROCEED TO UNLEASH CANISTERS OF TEAR GAS ON THE FEW REMAINING PROTESTERS TO FORCE THEM TO DISPERSE.
DIRECT QUESTIONS ON IF SHE WOULD USE HONG KONG』S EMERGENCY LAWS ORDINANCE (ERO), WHICH MIGHT SET UP CIRCUMSTANCES VERY NEAR MARTIAL LEGISLATION. THIS WAS EXTENSIVELY INTERPRETED AS PROOF SHE IS CONTEMPLATING SUCH A TRANSFER, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE REMAINDER OF HER REMARKS AMOUNTED TO REFUSING EACH KEY DEMAND MADE BY THE PROTEST MOTION, WHILST SHE INSISTED SHE WAS KEEN TO HAVE A 「DIALOGUE」 WITH ITS LEADERS.
GIVEN ITS OBSERVATION OF MARTIAL LAW』S IMPACT, IAP SAID ANY DECISION TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW MUST BE BACKED BY A PLAN TO CONTROL FIREARMS.
MARCOS HAD THIS TO SAY ON MARTIAL LAW ... A REVOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A NEW SOCIETY UNDER A REGIME OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITARIANISM THAT WOULD DEMOCRATIZE WEALTH AND DISCIPLINE THE OLIGARCHS (ROBERTO BENEDICTO WAS MADE 「SUGAR CZAR」), AND REDRESS THE GRIEVANCES OF THE REBELLION OF THE POOR.
THAT DATE IS EITHER FAST FADING FROM THE MEMORIES OF MANY FILIPINOS OR HAS BECOME OF NO MOMENT TO SOME WHO DO REMEMBER IT. BUT IT IS BEING SPUN INTO THE FICTION THAT IT WAS A GOLDEN MOMENT IN HISTORY BY THOSE WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN REVISING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. THEY DISMISS ACCOUNTS ON THE HORRORS OF THE MARTIAL LAW PERIOD AS GROSSLY EXAGGERATED, AND FALSELY PORTRAY THAT EPISODE AS MARCOS』S ANSWER TO THE DEMAND FOR CHANGE IN THE 1960S. AMONG OTHERS, THE INTENTION IS SO THE MARCOSES AND THEIR CLONES CAN ONCE MORE TAKE UP RESIDENCE IN MALACANANG THROUGH ONE OF THEIR NUMBER』S ASCENT TO THE PRESIDENCY VIA AN ELECTION OR ANY OTHER MEANS.
“WHEN ONE MAN’S DICTATORSHIP WAS IN PLACE AND MARTIAL LAW HAD BEEN INSTITUTED — FIRST IN GENERAL AYUB KHAN’S TIME AND THEN IN GENERAL YAHYA KHAN’S TENURE — THE DEMOCRATIC RULE OF LAW HAD BEEN SIDELINED AND RESULTANTLY, WE LOST HALF OF PAKISTAN.
LAWMAKERS ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY RELEASING CONTAMINATED WATER STORED AT FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT INTO THE OCEAN.
JUSTICE ISA SAID WHEN THE COUNTRY CAME INTO BEING IT PRIMARILY COMPRISED THE EAST AND WEST PROVINCES, BUT HALF OF THE COUNTRY WAS LOST WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OF ONE PERSON WAS IMPOSED ON THE COUNTRY THROUGH MARTIAL LAW AND THE DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOUR WAS IGNORED. HE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THE NARRATIVE OF ONE PERSON SUPPRESSED THE VOICE OF THE MASSES, THE ENEMIES ALSO BENEFITED FROM IT, AS IT HAPPENED IN 1971 WHEN THOUSANDS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AND OFFICERS COULD DO NOTHING TO SAVE THE COUNTRY.
FROM THE TITLE OF THE ORGANIZATION SMITH RUNS, THERE CAN BE NO MYSTERY WHERE HIS IDEOLOGICAL SYMPATHIES LIE. AMERICANS WHO VISIT HONG KONG WILL FIND THE TERRITORY』S CULTURE VIBRANT AND THE PROTESTS EXCITING. I, TOO, FOUND HONG KONG TO BE EXCITING AND AFTER LIVING THERE FOR ONE YEAR, I WROTE A GUIDEBOOK. I WISH THAT IT COULD REMAIN THAT WAY FOREVER. BUT IN 2047, ITS 「FIFTY YEARS OF AUTONOMY」 MAY LEGALLY COME TO AN END. IN FACT, THEY ARE ALREADY BEING SLOWLY CHIPPED AWAY BY BEIJING』S INCREASINGLY HEAVY HAND. THE FIGHT TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH OF THEIR RULE OF LAW AND PARTIAL SELF-GOVERNANCE AS POSSIBLE IS IN THE HANDS OF HONG KONG』S PEOPLE.
THEIR REASONS WERE AS TRIVIAL AS THEY WERE LIMITED TO WHAT BENEFITTED THEM PERSONALLY. HOUSEWIVES WELCOMED MARTIAL RULE BECAUSE WITH A CURFEW IN FORCE, THEIR HUSBANDS HAD TO BE HOME BY MIDNIGHT. OFFICE WORKERS PRAISED THE BAN ON THE DEMONSTRATIONS MANY OF THEM DESPISED BECAUSE THEY SOMETIMES TIED UP TRAFFIC. THE MARCOS KLEPTOCRACY』S CLAIM THAT IT WAS TEACHING FILIPINOS THE DISCIPLINE THAT THE COUNTRY NEEDED TO PROGRESS WAS MET WITH NODS OF APPROVAL BY THOSE WHO COULD NOT SEE HOW THE TOTAL LACK OF RESTRAINT OF THE POWER ELITE HAD MADE ITS BEHAVIOR THE MODEL FOR MUCH OF THE POPULACE.
WHEN FERDINAND MARCOS WAS PRESIDENT, HE INSTITUTED THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21 AS HISTORY WEEK AND THAT DAY AS THANKSGIVING DAY. BECAUSE ON THAT DAY IN 1972, MARCOS SUPPOSEDLY SIGNED A HISTORIC MOVE WHICH SAVED DEMOCRACY FROM THE COMMUNIST INSURGENCY, AND WE HAVE TO THANK HIS PROCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW FOR IT. WHAT IS IRONIC IS THAT THE IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW ACTUALLY STRENGTHENED THE COMMUNIST REBELLION BY RADICALIZING THE MODERATES. ITS REPRESSIVE WAYS LEFT MANY PEOPLE WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO JOIN THE COMMUNIST NEW PEOPLE』S ARMY (NPA). ONE OF THEM WAS EDGAR JOPSON — EDJOP.
FURTHERMORE, ACCORDING TO VALLE, THE INTENSIFIED IMPLEMENTATION OF DUTERTE』S MARTIAL LAW, OPLAN KAPANATAGAN AND THE WHOLE OF NATION APPROACH WERE MERE PRETENSE TO ALLOW THE UNABATED ENTRY OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS IN MINDANAO TO PILLAGE ITS RICH NATURAL RESOURCES.
PANELO’S EXPLANATION CONFIRMS HOW AN ADMINISTRATION’S PRIORITIES DICTATE POLICY. I VIVIDLY RECALL HOW IN THE FIRST MONTH OF MY FATHER’S SERVICE IN THE POST MARTIAL LAW SENATE, HE NOTICED THAT IN THE BUDGET PRESENTED TO CONGRESS, IT WAS THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT THAT HAD THE LARGEST SLICE OF THE PIE (LIKELY AS A HANGOVER OF MARTIAL LAW REALITIES). OF COURSE, HE POINTED THIS OUT BY PRIVILEGE SPEECH AND IN THE BUDGET HEARINGS. THIS ENTITLEMENT, PER CONSTITUTIONAL FIAT, BELONGED TO THE EDUCATION SECTOR. ACCORDINGLY, THIS PRIORITY TO EDUCATION WAS ACTUALIZED.
EAST TIMOR DESCENDED INTO EXTREME VIOLENCE AFTER THE 4 SEPTEMBER 1999 BALLOT RESULT, WHICH OVERWHELMINGLY FAVOURED INDEPENDENCE. THE INDONESIAN MILITARY, RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY, DECLARED MARTIAL LAW ON 6 SEPTEMBER, WHILE ALSO AIDING THE MILITIAS. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WAS OUTRAGED BUT NEEDED INDONESIAN PERMISSION BEFORE A UN-SANCTIONED FORCE WOULD BE ALLOWED IN.
IT IS THEN UP TO THE CIVIL SOCIETY TO PRESSURE THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT, HALVORSSEN SAID. HE REMINDED THE AUDIENCE OF TAIWAN』S MARTIAL LAW PERIOD, WHEN DISAPPEARANCES AND ARRESTS WERE THE WAY OF LIFE, AND CAUTIONED AGAINST SILENCE IN THE FACE OF BEIJING』S OPPRESSION.
MEANWHILE, REACTING TO UNPRECEDENTED CURFEW, COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT AND ARREST OF KASHMIRI LEADERS, INCLUDING FAROOQ ABDULLAH, THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE SAID THE TERRITORY WAS UNDER MARTIAL LAW AND DEMOCRATIC AND CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES HAD BEEN FORSAKEN.
BUT AS THE WAR DRAGGED ON, RELATIONS DETERIORATED. DANISH RESISTANCE FORCES GREW RESTIVE. IN AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, THE NAZIS DECLARED MARTIAL LAW. POPULAR LEGEND HAS IT THAT HITLER ORDERED DENMARK』S JEWS TO WEAR THE YELLOW STAR OF DAVID, AS HE HAD DONE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. THE KING, SAYS THE FOLKLORE, THEN DONNED ONE HIMSELF.
ON THE WAY TO JERICHO CITY, YOUR PLANE IS SHOT DOWN BY A MYSTERIOUS STORM AND CRASH-LANDS IN THE OUTSKIRTS. YOU WAKE UP WEEKS LATER IN A DERELICT DETENTION FACILITY INSIDE THE CITY. SOLDIERS ENFORCE MARTIAL LAW, ROBOTS ARE ON A RAMPAGE, AND A DARK, EXPANDING NANOSTORM LOOMS OVER THE CITYSCAPE…
XI KNOWS THAT THE COSTS OF INTERVENTION, OR OF AN IMPOSITION BY HONG KONG AUTHORITIES OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY, WOULD BE LARGE, WHICH IS WHY IT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED. IN ADDITION TO DESTROYING THE "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" MODEL FOR HONG KONG – WHICH BEIJING STILL HOPES TO PEDDLE TO TAIWAN – THE ECONOMIC PRICE WOULD BE HUGE. THOUGH HONG KONG REPRESENTS ONLY 3 PER CENT OF CHINA'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, SOME 60 PER CENT OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE MAINLAND FLOWS THROUGH THE CITY, ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIST. UNDER US LAW, THE CITY IS TREATED AS A SEPARATE ECONOMIC ENTITY, ALLOWING IT TO ESCAPE TRUMP'S TARIFFS.
SABOKAHAN ALSO CRITICIZED THE MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO AS 「BEING USED TO THWART THE STRUGGLE OF THE LUMADS AGAINST HUGE CORPORATIONS THAT WANT TO PLUNDER THE RICH NATURAL RESOURCES FOUND IN ANCESTRAL LANDS.」
SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS, APPREHENDING ADVERSE JUDGMENTS, HAVE BEEN RESORTING TO SUCH TACTICS. THE MOST FAMOUS CASE RELATES TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAFDAR SHAH (FATHER-IN-LAW OF IHC CHIEF JUSTICE ATHAR MINALLAH). DURING GENERAL ZIAUL HAQ’S TIME, HE HAD FLEE PAKISTAN TO KABUL TO SAVE HIMSELF FROM THE WRATH OF THE MARTIAL LAW REGIME.
HALEEM ADIL SAID MEGA CORRUPTION WAS DONE IN UPLIFT SCHEMES OF KARACHI. HE SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN RS25BILLION FOR K-IV PROJECT, BUT THIS PROJECT WAS STOPPED DUE TO WRONG PLANNING. HE SAID AIDS AND HEPATITIS ARE SPREADING IN SINDH DUE TO THESE INEFFICIENT AND CORRUPT RULERS. HE SAID WE ARE AGAINST THE DIVISION OF SINDH. WE HAVE FORMED A COMMITTEE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES OF KARACHI AND IT WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS NOT ONLY FOR KARACHI BUT ALSO FOR HYDERABAD AND SUKKUR. HE SAID ARTICLE 149 IS NOT MARTIAL LAW. HE SAID THE SINDH CARD OF THE PPP HAS LOST ITS POWER AND THIS PARTY IS JUST MISLEADING THE PEOPLE OF SINDH.

 

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