FM proclaimed Martial Law because the Communists were already there in the doorsteps of Malacañang. They have an ideology that power comes from the barrels of the gun. So he had to proclaim martial law but he used that power for peace. Althroughout the martial law period he never implemented a death sentence to a Filipino. I said to him “Ferdinand, if you do not believe in the death sentence, throw it away” and he said “Imelda, the art in the use of power, power is not used, it’s only felt. It’s like a gun with one thousand bullets, once you used the gun once, you no longer have one thousand, you only have nine hundred ninety-nine.” He used power for peace – that should be our culture and we can share the world this concept. - Madam Imelda Romualdez Marcos There was no alternative if the republic was to continue. In Luzon, Communist-front organizations were staging violent demonstrations. We had a secessionist movement in the south. Things degenerated until our economy came to a stop. The country was in a state of anarchy. When I proclaimed martial law, I announced that the purpose was to extirpate the causes of rebellion – the social injustices, the distortion of our democratic elective process. - President Ferdinand E. Marcos
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