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    In 1972, President Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965-86) declared martial law, citing growing lawlessness and open rebellion by the communist rebels as his justification. Marcos governed from 1973 until mid-1981 in accordance with the transitory provisions of a new constitution that replaced the commonwealth constitution of 1935. He suppressed democratic

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    head of state declared martial law, the most infamous is Proclamation № 1081 which was the proclamation of Martial Law by President Ferdinand E. Marcos. It was announced to the public on 23 September 1972, and was formally lifted on 17 January 1981. Under this declaration, civil rights were suspended and military authority in the country was imposed. Then president Marcos defended the declaration by stressing the need for extra powers to quell the rising wave of violence allegedly caused by communists

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    In September 1972 Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law on the Philippines as the last defense against the anarchic chaos of the violent student demonstrations, the fear of communist insurgency by the newly formed Communist Party in the Philippines, and the Muslim separatist movement of the Moro National Liberation Front. Under martial law Marcos reduced violent crime, confiscated unregistered firearms, and managed to suppress the communist insurgency in certain areas. Marcos also made strides in

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    On august 21, 1983, Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino, Jr. was fatally assassinated on Manila International Airport. He was coming home with a mission, a mission to free his fellow countrymen from the oppressive rule of then president, Ferdinand Marcos. Aquino knew that going back after being exiled was a risky move. It takes a real man of passion and courage to put his country before his own life and his name is now immortalized in our history books. He was the start of a reform, the EDSA People Power,

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    Further Than Loyalty Are you loyal to your own land and country, to a point that you will indifferently oppose other land 's and nations ' beliefs, way of life, traditions, and so on. According to Webster (2014), nationalism means showing complete support and faithfulness towards a nation, even though showing nationalism intend to go against other nations. Miscevic (2001) describes the word nationalism in two marvelous ideas. First, it is the way the elements of a country are thoughtful and mindful

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    proclamation took effect, Ferdinand Marcos, former President and Prime Minister of the Philippines, was quoted in the Manila Bulletin saying, “We instituted martial law to save our Republic. We now reinstate normal law in order to advance the interest of our republic (De Vera 8).” It is curious that Marcos specifically mentions ‘normal law’ referring to the absence of martial law. Moreover, the ‘interest of our republic’ remained vague and inconclusive as to what Marcos truly meant. Nine years back

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    quickly saw the disturbing fate of their economy and vocally protested Marcos s dictatorship. Although the people living in a rural area were not as aware of the economic problems as those living in a the metropolitan area, they were not immune from the effects of the devaluation of the Filipino currency. Over time the people realized that Marcos s dictatorship was destroying their economy, and deiced that they needed a change. Marcos spontaneously choose to hold a new election in the middle of his term

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    glasses, his face can be found printed on a 500 peso bill and that an airport was named after him. But through the years, I started to learn that he was just more than that. I learned that he was a senator and is on the opposition side during the Marcos regime, was the number one bet for Presidency but was assasinated as he went home from the states. He died to fight for the Filipinos. As part of our second long exam in History 1 at school, we were asked to watch the documentary film about Ninoy’s

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    Indonesia and Philippines have similarities yet very different political system even though there are located in the Southeast Asia region. Both states are considered to be electoral democratic regime according to Larry Diamond’s sixfold typology (Dayley & Neher, 2013, p. 21). Interestingly, both states received a relatively good freedom rating in Southeast Asia by Freedom House in 2016, which is 3- partly free. Thus, Indonesia and Philippines are chosen as the research subject in this assignment

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    Martial Law has been described as the darkest years in Philippine history characterized by the looting of billions of pesos and iron rule of dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos and his family. With the media censored and the Armed Forces of the Philippines at the disposal of Marcos and his cronies, state-sponsored disappearances and abuses were the norm during the regime with over 70, 000 accounts of human rights violations in the conservative numbers. While the brutality of Martial Law has been an uncontested

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