On September 21, 1972,
Ferdinal Marcos declared Martial law.
Ferdinand Marcos has a
suspended the writ of habeas corpus meaning that he jailed anybody who did
something that he did not like.The time when Ferdinand Marcos was president, many
people in Philippines were jailed, tortured and even killed under his command.
The people in
Philippines were protesting because they did not like the president Ferdinand Marcos
so he jailed the people that were protesting.
He makes election every
4 years but he still won because of the martial law and he was greedy power
power
In 1979, Ninoy Aquino has
heart sickness so he went to USA for his operation.But the people in
Philippines were asking Ninoy Aquino to go home and help fight Ferdinand
Marcos. Ferdinand Marcos has
cancelled Ninoy’s passport so he will not go home and he told stories like he
will die if Ninoy returns.
On August 21,1983. Ninoy
Aquino returned to Philippines and he was shot by an unknown sniper and he
died.
There was an election in
1986 and Ninoy’s wife Cory Aquino became the president and all the Filipino
people joined her and fought Ferdinand Marcos.
One of Ferdinand Marcos’s
general in police, Fidel Ramos and army friend, Juan Ponce Enrile were no
longer loyal to him and they joined Cory Aquino. Ferdinand Marcos ordered
to kill all rebel soldiers in EDSA but Cory Aquino called on all the Filipino
people to defend their camp and Ferdinand Marcos’s army refuses to shoot
innocent lives.
Slowly all Ferdinand
Marcos’s army and police joined Cory Aquino and Ferdinand Marcos has no choice
but to call help from America and brought him to Hawaii.
Ferdinal Marcos was
president for 21 years.
photos downloaded from Google site
reference video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG2Mx7Y5vzc
This article is part of Zek's National Heroes Day homework for his Pilipino subject.
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