Ang Kritiko

Does every martial law is a prologue to dictatorship? The Philippines has suffered a lot from the Marcos regime. And we could not deny that its repercussions are still present and immensely threatening the economic, political and judicial aspects of this country. Whenever there is a need for the suspension of the writ of Habeas corpus and declaration of martial law, Filipino's minds are conditioned to resist without any analysis. But this might be the time for calibrating such thinking, to begin with, we need to realize that martial law in Mindanao at President Duterte's term did not result in an autocratic dictatorship. In studying this topic, knowledge about historical facts and provisions of the Constitution refering to Martial law is a must. As we all know martial law is a suspension of all civil norms, establishing a military court and eventually preside to one-man rule. As per 1987 Constitution, the chief executive has the power to declare martial law.  Also, the wri...