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Remembering Martial Law under the Marcos regime
To this date, Filipinos still remember what many described as one of the darkest chapters in Philippine history.
Under military rule, civil and political rights were abolished, Congress was dissolved, a one-man rule was imposed and human rights were blatantly violated.
Here are some quick facts about martial law under the Marcos administration:
On
September 21, 1972, Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 that placed the
entire country under martial law, following a series of bombings in
Metro Manila.
Marcos,
in his diary entry for September 22, mentioned the supposed ambush and
assassination attempt on then defense secretary Juan Ponce Enrile.
After declaring martial law, Marcos dissolved Congress.
Under
martial law, all powers were transferred to the president. Marcos
authorized the military to arrest individuals on charges of conspiring
to take over government, enforced curfew, and banned group assemblies.
Human
rights violations were rampant during the martial law era. In a report
by Amnesty International, over 100,000 people were recorded to have been
victims of martial law from 1972 to 1981 –70,000 were arrested, 34,000
were tortured, and 3,240 were killed by the military and the police.
Marcos lifted martial law on January 17, 1981.
Marcos lifted martial law on January 17, 1981.
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