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    Martial law era in the Philippines from 1972 to 1981 remains controversial. While some believe it reduced crime and suppressed communism insurgencies, most see the negative impacts like hundreds of thousands of deaths from torture and censorship. The economy suffered greatly under Marcos' dictatorship from corruption and debt. The impacts of martial law are still felt today. It concentrated too much power in one person and removed checks on the government's authority.

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    Martial law era in the Philippines from 1972 to 1981 remains controversial. While some believe it reduced crime and suppressed communism insurgencies, most see the negative impacts like hundreds of thousands of deaths from torture and censorship. The economy suffered greatly under Marcos' dictatorship from corruption and debt. The impacts of martial law are still felt today. It concentrated too much power in one person and removed checks on the government's authority.

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    Martial law era in the Philippines from 1972 to 1981 remains controversial. While some believe it reduced crime and suppressed communism insurgencies, most see the negative impacts like hundreds of thousands of deaths from torture and censorship. The economy suffered greatly under Marcos' dictatorship from corruption and debt. The impacts of martial law are still felt today. It concentrated too much power in one person and removed checks on the government's authority.

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    Martial Law: Is it Beneficial or Detrimental?

    As one of the darkest times in Filipino history, the martial law era, which lasted from
    1972 to 1981, is still one of the most controversial topic up until now as former President
    Ferdinand Marcos Sr. abolished Congress, kept control over the media, and ordered the arrest of
    opposition parties' leaders on his term. He justified this action by claiming that the government
    needed the additional power to put an end to the communists' rising violence and to destroy the
    causes of rebellion. People now a days are entitled with their own opinion, so some people today
    think and believe that martial law is beneficial and some people think it is not.
    On the first days of this proclamation, the country responded positively because they, as
    well, believe that the Philippines is sick, that there is a rebellion against the government in some
    rural areas, and that communist armed forces are attempting to invade the country. In certain
    cases, martial law was able to reduce violent, urban crime, collect unregistered firearms, and
    suppress communist insurgency in some areas. Some people now a days think and believe that
    period was the “golden age” and Pro-Marcos Filipinos always throw the argument, “’Di pa
    naman kayo pinapanganak nun, paano ‘nyo alam?” (You weren’t born then so how do you
    know?). In addition, curfew was also imposed, people become more disciplined. The teenagers
    did not want to spend the nights wandering around like they do now. To contribute in the green
    revolution, the government urged the young and old to plant trees and its personnel to work in
    rural areas. Individuals were urged to keep their surroundings clean and to consider the sanitation
    of the neighborhood.
    Most individuals would recall the negative aspects of Martial Law, particularly the
    victims of President Ferdinand Marcos' proclaimed constitutional dictatorship. Under his
    dictatorship, there were over hundreds of thousands of documented deaths brought on by torture
    and legal impunity. Journalists who criticized him and his leadership were either suppressed or
    killed. People argue now that it is a misunderstanding that the Philippines experienced a golden
    era during that time because our nation's economy was actually at its worst and the authority
    exceeded his limitations as the head of the state. He used the martial law to extend his term and
    made a constitution to stay longer in power. Moreover, if you do not want to get killed, follow
    orders from the authority instead of rebelling against them.
    The impacts of Martial Law are so devastating that we are still feeling the consequences
    today. By the time Marcos was kicked out of Malacañang, the Philippine economy was in bad
    shape from the corruption and heavy borrowing from other countries. Poverty rates drastically
    increased, the value of the peso went down, and the country’s reputation crashed. Truth be told,
    all of us are still paying for the trillions worth of debt today. All in all, the Philippine economy
    suffered its worst during the Marcos regime. “Never again, never forget,” people chant to
    remember, to commemorate, to fight. We must never forget so that we may never again suffer
    the same fate.
    It is important to have a proper way of discipline in our country but martial law should be
    used correctly and should not be abuse by people with a higher position. People that time has no
    access to their rights, people were silenced, media was controlled by the government, and by
    taking control of the entire state, Marcos gave himself total authority over the laws of the land,
    and there was no lawful institution in place to check him. We, Filipinos, should fight for what is
    right and criticize the government if they do not do what they are meant to because we vote them
    to make our country better and not to control over the people.

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