21/09/2026
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๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐
๐๐ช๐ ๐ 1:51-52 โ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง. ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐จ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ก๐.โ
Fifty-four years have passed since Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., placed the Philippines under martial law through Proclamation No. 1081. From 1972 to 1986, civil liberties were suppressed, the media was censored, the government mismanaged national finances through excessive borrowing and spending, and human rights were violated nationwide. Protesters were arrested collectively during the night of the declaration, while activists were persecuted, and even murdered, across 14 years of martial law. Marcos Sr., and his allies, greenlit large-scale development projects that threatened rural communities.
Through the united resolve of the people to refuse and resist, the Marcoses were ousted from Malacaรฑang in 1986.
Fifty-four years have passed, yet the story remains the same.
Amid the rampant corruption within the Philippine government, only a handful of those accused of stealing funds meant for government projects and basic services have been convicted. In a Senate split cleanly in the middle, some senators choose to avoid the responsibility of being held accountable. This, in the middle of an impeachment process where the senators themselves have to pass judgment on the Vice President, currently on trial for misuse of government funds among other charges.
In all of these developments, Bongbong Marcosโ stance is lame. He calls for due process on matters that need to be tried in courts of law and advocates for impartiality in matters that need executive will. But these developments may only be a scapegoat for him and his family to continue to avoid accountability themselvesโa scapegoat that a family of serial plunderers are familiar with. After all, he is the mastermind behind all corruption issues under his watch.
The State continues to suppress the right to protest and resist through arbitrary arrest, political harassment and red-tagging. Student protesters and their paralegals were recently arrested en masse in a Metro Manila protest-action against the US-led Pax Silica initiativeโan initiative seeking to progress economies in the Information Age at the expense of the developing worldโs resources and socioeconomic capacity. Defenders of land rights against destructive open-pit mining in Nueva Vizcaya, parts of the Cordillera Region and Mindoro, among other areas, are being subjected to falsified charges by state agents.
Fifty-four years have passed, but the scars that keep hurting keep us from forgetting.
In light of rampant government corruption, in light of the stateโs suppression of resistance and repression of rights defenders, and in light of the advancement of catastrophic initiatives such as Pax Silica, we must remain steadfast in asserting the rights of the Filipino. It is through a united resolve that we fought back against Martial Law in 1986. And it is through the same united resolve that we must refuse and resist state-sponsored oppression in our society.
๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป! ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐!
