“It started when they invented the Jabidah massacre,” Enrile said when asked by Marcos what prompted the declaration of martial law by his father and namesake, the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos. No one,” Enrile, who also served as defense secretary under President Marcos, went on. Enrile furthered claimed that Marcos declared martial law because of the coalition between the Liberal Party and the New People’s Army. Enrile furthered claimed that Marcos declared martial law because of the coalition between the Liberal Party and the New People’s Army. “President Marcos realized that the country was too fragile with a very limited military capability to contain the problem,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 21, 2018 06:10 UTC