ILOILO CITY—Prayers, songs, paintings and protest rallies will mark the 46th anniversary of the declaration of martial law on Panay Island on Friday. At least 7,000 protesters are expected to join different protest activities led by the United People’s Action Against Dictatorship in Iloilo, Aklan, and Capiz provinces. Expected to join the protest actions are students, farmers, workers, survivors of martial law, and opposition leaders. Siegfred Deduro, a political detainee during the martial law and convenor of the Movement Against Tyranny in Panay, said the commemoration of martial law has become more urgent and significant because of the “creeping dictatorship under the Duterte administration. “Martial law should not be allowed to happen again and we should resist any effort to install another dictatorship,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 20, 2018 11:30 UTC