On the 44th anniversary of the declaration of martial law, Bayan lamented that the Marcos dictatorship’s legacy of impunity and repression remains today even in the absence of authoritarian rule. “Martial Law may not exist today but the social conditions that gave rise to it remain. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Robredo on martial law: ‘Not in this lifetime, never again’“We are reminded of the plunder of the conjugal dictatorship when we see large-scale corruption in the bureaucracy. We are likewise reminded of the abuses of the past with the ongoing killings in the war against drugs,” it added. This is to correct a continuing injustice as well as to boost the prospects for a just peace,” Bayan said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 21, 2016 08:11 UTC