An Eerie Similarity
It didn’t occur to me to compare the substantive portion of President Arroyo’s Proclamation No. 1017 with the late President Ferdinand Marcos’ infamous Proclamation No. 1081, until now.
Proclamation No. 1017:
“NOW, THEREFORE, I Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested upon me by Section 18, Article 7 of the Philippine Constitution which states that: “ The President…whenever it becomes necessary,…may call out (the) armed forces to prevent or suppress…rebellion…, “ and in my capacity as their Commander-in-Chief, do hereby command the Armed Forces of the Philippines, to maintain law and order throughout the Philippines, prevent or suppress all forms of lawless violence as well any act of insurrection or rebellion and to enforce obedience to all the laws and to all decrees, orders and regulations promulgated by me personally or upon my direction; and as provided in Section 17, Article 12 of the Constitution do hereby declare a State of National Emergency.”
Now, Proclamation No. 1081:
“NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested upon me by Article VII, Section 10, Paragraph (’2) of the Constitution, do hereby place the entire Philippines as defined in Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution under martial law and, in my capacity as their commander-in-chief, do hereby command the armed forces of the Philippines, to maintain law and order throughout the Philippines, prevent or suppress all forms of lawless violence as well as any act of insurrection or rebellion and to enforce obedience to all the laws and decrees, orders and regulations promulgated by me personally or upon my direction.”
An eerie similarity.
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This post has been reclassified under the State of Emergency category.
[...] Now, I can’t pretend to be smart enough to realize the legal implications of today’s events, nor can I provide some detailed analysis of how we keep doing this sort of thing to ourselves over and over again, nor am I old enough to note any eerie similarities with the events during Marcos’ time. [...]
It was copy-pasted! The real intent behind Proc. No. 1017 is martial law.
no democratic president ever issues decrees. this one has announced she’s prepared to.
[...] The events yesterday made the bloggers quite busy. In the forefront are the blawggers: Atty. Lacierda states that Proclamation 1017 is just copy-pasted from previous proclamations made by Gloria. Paul Santos and Atty. Marvin Aceron share the opinion that Proclamation 1017 is copy-pasted from Proclamation 1081. Scary. [...]
Manolo,
Will GMA dare try?
[...] Well, what do you know? The Court noticed the similar language used in the Marcos-era Proclamation No. 1081 in Proclamation No. 1017, something I pointed out in an earlier blog entry. The Court, in no uncertain terms, struck down what Proclamation No. 1017 sought to grant the President: the power to enact presidential decrees: [...]
i guess, i already knew this beforehand, it was pretty obvious that arroyo is not just copying marcos’ moves but even worse, has concocted her own vicious ideas just to stay in power..
but what i really want to ask is where can i get a file copy of the declaration of martial law by marcos? i need the actual video of the proclamation itself asap?
Try Youtube.
[...] states that Proclamation 1017 is just copy-pasted from previous proclamations made by Gloria. Paul Santos and Atty. Marvin Aceron share the opinion that Proclamation 1017 is copy-pasted from Proclamation [...]