Ramos, a principal player of the 1986 EDSA revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship, asked Duterte to limit the scope of martial law only to areas directly affected by the terror attacks and lift it as soon as the situation in Marawi City stabilizes. “I’m concerned with the serious developments in our country today and there seems to be a sense or an air or a spirit of panic among some of our highest officials,” Ramos said. Ramos said security and intelligence lapses that led to the crisis in Marawi City can be attributed to the “failure of organization” in the Duterte administration. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1While the present Constitution has put safeguards to curb possible abuse of martial law, Ramos warned the current imposition could have worse effects than what the 20-year Marcos dictatorship had done to the country. Ramos said he was aghast that some Cabinet officials and allies in Congress had described martial law as “good” for Mindanao.

Source: Philippine Star May 26, 2017 16:41 UTC