Ang pagmamalaki ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na "natapos nang walang pang-aabuso" ang martial law sa Mindanao ay taliwas sa mga ulat mula sa iba't ibang human rights watchdogs at advocacy groups.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that martial law in Mindanao “ended without abuses” runs contrary to reports from different human rights watchdogs and advocacy groups.
Bahagi na ng bokabularyo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang martial law mula nang maluklok sa Malacanang noong 2016, at mukhang pati si Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo ay nabighani sa batas militar.
Martial law has been a part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s vocabulary since he assumed power in 2016, and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo appears to share this fascination.
In the almost four years of the Duterte administration, President Duterte many times floated the idea of declaring martial law.
Muling itinaas ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang banta ng martial law, ngayon bilang reaksyon sa pahayag ng militar na hinarang ng mga rebeldeng komunista ang paghahatid ng tulong sa ilang bahagi ng bansa sa gitna ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Watch this video to see how the president’s statements on declaring martial law evolved.
Mali ang dating senador Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. sa pagsasabi na ang pandarambong, malawakang korapsyon, at paglabag sa karapatang pantao ay "hindi nangyari" sa panahon ng 20-taong pamamahala ng kanyang ama.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is wrong in saying that plunder, massive corruption and human rights violations did not happen during his father's 20-year rule.
Duterte’s martial law has caused profound uncertainty in the Manobo community’s life, where the possibility of violence at the hands of government forces and the painful necessity of again abandoning their homes and farms haunts every moment.
