She Declared "Martial Law" After All..  

hello else-marie,

he should have never supported her in the first place and now she has a one big head on her shoulders to bear for making such irresponsible decision in her presidency.it's still her fault because she give the ampatuans power that led them to be abusive, of course, she owe it to them for manipulating the elections.

I agree with what you've said that the region (Maguindanao) must be SPARED! Yes, it may be that the Ampatuans are the warlords of that province but do rebellion exists there (if only their proof was the buried military weapons), is there really a heinous crime reported after the massacre. They (the Ampatuans) maybe powerful, but as you could see and watch on the news they are still human... they are now brought to the custody of the military man for investigations. Could this be all the reason for declaring Marshall law at that area?!!!!

How about those innocent kids, the civilians those Muslims who as this moment their culture and religion were being misjudged! Can the government repay and restore the trauma that this may cause to the common people there. I didn't see any valid reason for declaring marshall law! Does this only mean that this is the only way that the government and madam president could do! They, keep repeating on tv that the main reason was to hasten the process of finding those suspects for the killings but thus the police and the army can't find the culprits on their own provided that the armies deployed at that area are running into thousands compared just to hundreds of crime doers. Besides the Ampatuans then are under the WRIT of Amparo.

Somehow, I am still hoping that justice and the right will prevail. Justice be given to the victims of the massacre. And that I am strongly praying that there will be no more abuse of power! Especially now, that Marshall Law gives a strong power to these government military man.

hello neelia,

I don't quite get it really, we have NPA and Abusayaff here, not to mention the MILF are still around and some of them are siding with the terrorist, but how come there's no martial law on that problem?

Isn't the MILF,MNLF, and the NPA already a sign of rebellion, having an army of their own and destroying villagers house and innocent lives? they have been rebelling for what? decades? and yet there's no major progress to have them taken down. and yet with the ampatuans, they just declared "Martial Law"?

well, i do agree they're cleaning up the mess that either they started or simply ignored because of their arrogance.

hi letran,
Yeah, you're right and this decision of Pres.Arroyo clearly violated the constitution as martial law should only be implemented with direct rebellion to the government and with the latest updates of the events it even explain the fact that the weapons confiscated is even given by the government to the Ampatuans when they support the war against MILF as their own stock for use in their own protection. Aside, from the Ampatuans their are hundreds of politicians with their own private armies which need to be trampled down as the other target if they really like to eradicate the violence against the rival politicians. The only call is to caught the culprit of the bloody massacre of the 57 innocent media and civilians who are included in the massacres as their blood in the soil is still crying for justice..

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I do sympathize with the innocent victims and i really feel the pain and anguish which their family have to undergo with this Christmas season, their is some beloved which they would surely miss gone in a short time due to violence which even the victims itself could not understand what fall on them which this merciless killing I do hope karma would soon befall on those mastermind...

becareful there neelia. i know it can be scary but always pray.

Thanks a lot for you concern. Anyway the site is very far from the city where i live. Have a nice day too,Advanced Merry Christmas!

hello hexe,

What ever the consequences of this Martial Law, it is always the poor people that suffers the most. i mean, the children can't get a decent education and the adult ones can't get a decent job with more people out of business and now this, but at least they have each other. i feel pity for these people that didn't have the education that they deserve

hello ray,

Well, i hope it just last for sixty days, i am sure the congress might have find a concrete solution to this but i don't trust since most of them are ADministration Allies. i watch tv now and it's a good thing that senators opposed this and even shortened the number of days to half in the Martial Law decalration.

hello nobody4me,

I completely agree with you, but you're lucky that you're lucky in living here in Luzon and not in Mindanao, it's really chaotic in some parts that island. well, we are going to assure here that freedom and liberty will always be preserved here and will not happen again in this whole country

that's right ybong,

there is no doubt this is an overkill and the charges were rebellion, where it was supposed to be murdered, noted by satur ocampo. such charge is weak and there is a possibility that they might even released due to not so strong charge in this manner.

they should do this too in areas with NPA or abusayaff presence if they can declare Martial Law all this time. i mean, WOW! i hope they do this fast because the whole world is watching this terrible news.

That a good idea, if they can declare martial law in maguindao where the enemy is just the ampatuan family why don't they declare martial law in basilan as well? I think that's where martial law is needed the most because we're dealing with ruthless terrorists. Cheers!