Midnight for the lawWith these developments, we have descended into one of our darkest nights in the world of law. The President has become the supreme judge, no longer the Supreme Court which remains supreme only with his concurrence or consent. Enrile’s revisionismThis is the first road to revisionism we can talk about. Enrile made the unfortunate mistake of saying, without the necessary qualifications, that nobody was ever detained during Martial Law solely for their political beliefs. The real revisionismThe real revisionism of our martial law history tried to make the young and the innocent believe that communism was the cure to the various diseases of Philippine society, and that Marcos’ Martial Law robbed the nation of that cure.

Source: Manila Times September 27, 2018 16:52 UTC