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Lessons from Martial Law in the Philippines

Ferdinand Marcos established martial law in the Philippines in 1972 to prolong his dictatorship. He utilized it to torture political opponents and suspend legislations, giving the military complete control to carry out his orders. As a result, the economy slowed down with rising inflation and crime rates while many Filipinos saw a decline in their quality of life. Marcos' corrupt reign showed that corruption causes a country and its people to become impoverished, demonstrating the need to elect better leadership that can free Filipinos from issues like poverty, violence, and injustice.

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Lessons from Martial Law in the Philippines

Ferdinand Marcos established martial law in the Philippines in 1972 to prolong his dictatorship. He utilized it to torture political opponents and suspend legislations, giving the military complete control to carry out his orders. As a result, the economy slowed down with rising inflation and crime rates while many Filipinos saw a decline in their quality of life. Marcos' corrupt reign showed that corruption causes a country and its people to become impoverished, demonstrating the need to elect better leadership that can free Filipinos from issues like poverty, violence, and injustice.

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Ferdinand Marcos established martial law in September 1972 across the Philippines so

prolonging his reign.


Even though it has been 50 years, the horrors of martial law continue to haunt many Filipinos.
Several existing legislations were suspended during martial law. The military has backed
Marcos' dictatorship, giving him an enormous political advantage. He utilized it to torture people
who were labeled as subversion, and the military was required to carry out his orders. The
military had forgotten to defend people against injustice, and they couldn't tell the difference
between their responsibilities and duties to the people. The economy has slowed. Inflation rose
and the Philippine peso devalued as a result of overspending. A restive and radicalized student
body demanding educational reforms; Increased criminality and subversion by a reorganized
Communist movement. Ordinary Filipinos, have seen a decline in quality of life, as evidenced by
rising crime rates and random acts of violence. Random bombs occurred in Manila and other
major cities.
All of this occurred under Marcos' reign, and it tells us that corruption causes the country and its
people to become impecunious. One of the strongest causes of the Philippines' continuing
poverty problem, and corruption is the country's political leadership failure. These serve as a
lesson to choose a better leader. All citizens must be involved and informed in order for good
government to occur. We need a better leader to free Filipinos from poverty, corruption,
violence, and injustice.

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