Former Martial Law implementor Enrile suggests lifting constitutional safeguard on declaring it

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Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile appears Wednesday, September 21, 2022, before a Senate panel conducting an inquiry on Charter change

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MANILA, Philippines — Juan Ponce Enrile — who implemented Martial Law in the 1970s and is currently chief presidential legal counsel — on Wednesday called for the lifting of a safeguard in the Constitution meant to prevent a repeat of rights abuses during the long presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.

 

Enrile heavily criticized the 1987 Constitution during a Senate panel hearing on charter change, saying that the present constitution “weakened” the powers of the Republic.

 

In particular, the 98-year-old politician vented his frustration over the deletion of the phrase “imminent danger thereof” in the provision on martial law in the 1987 Constitution.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/09/21/2211252/former-martial-law-implementor-enrile-suggests-lifting-constitutional-safeguard-declaring-it

 

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