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Marcos would declare September 21, 1972, as "National Thanksgiving Day", to erase the events of the MCCCL rally led by Sen. Diokno and the senate hearings presided by Sen. Aquino, which inadvertently created a whiplash effect of confusion as to the date of Marcos's television announcement, which was two days later on September 23. Martial law ...
The implementation of martial law began sometime before midnight on September 22, with the arrest of the two main opposition leaders, Ninoy Aquino, who on September 21 held a Congress speech to denounce impending martial law, and Jose W. Diokno, who held a rally with 50,000 people from the Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties ...
It became well known for the series of rallies which it organized from 1971–72, especially the most massive one on September 21, 1972, hours before the imposition of martial law by the Marcos dictatorship. [1] The coalition was reconvened in 2005, and it continues to do advocacy work and lead the democratic movement in the Philippines today.
The implementation of martial law began sometime before midnight on September 22, with the arrest of the two main opposition leaders, Ninoy Aquino, who on September 21 held a Congress speech to denounce impending martial law, and Jose W. Diokno, who held a rally with 50,000 people from the Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties ...
The final years of martial law saw mounting protests against government-owned or controlled mass media, including the Daily Express. [24] By the morning of September 23, 1972, martial law forces had successfully implemented a media lockdown, with only outlets owned or controlled by the government allowed to operate.
Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal ... dated 21 September 1944 and enforced the following day ...
September 21. Martial law is declared by President Marcos [2] as Proclamation No. 1081 signed by law led to the establishment of his dictatorship and was simulcasted through national radio and television broadcasts nationwide by midnight of September 23, causing series of round-ups by police and military forces, forced ban on public rallies, tight security, strict censorship on all forms of ...
The incident was cited as a justification by President Ferdinand Marcos when he imposed martial law over the Philippines on September 21, 1972. [7] Among the other reasons were the 1971 Plaza Miranda bombing [4] and the 1972 ambush of then-Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile.