malacanan: THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW IS ON SEPTEMBER 23—NOT SEPTEMBER 21. When President Ferdinand E. Marcos appeared on television at 7:15pm on September 23, 1972, to announce that he had placed the “entire Philippines under Martial Law” by virtue of Proclamation No. 1081, he framed his announcement in legalistic terms that, however, were untrue, and that has helped camouflage the true nature of his act, to this day: for it was nothing less than an autogolpe, or self-coup.
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THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW IS ON SEPTEMBER 23—NOT SEPTEMBER 21.

When President Ferdinand E. Marcos appeared on television at 7:15pm on September 23, 1972, to announce that he had placed the “entire Philippines under Martial Law” by virtue of Proclamation No. 1081, he framed his announcement in legalistic terms that, however, were untrue, and that has helped camouflage the true nature of his act, to this day: for it was nothing less than an autogolpe, or self-coup.

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