authoritarianism

1. Authoritarianism

3. • Martial Law began in September 21, 1972
under the Proclamation No. 1081, and the
Marcos babies (those who were born from
1964-1986) are the only beginning to write
about the segment of the past.
• When the martial law began, there was not
much resistance to it, as people believed that
it would curb insurgency of various rebel
groups at the time.

4. • Although it did lessen crimes in the country,
anyone who went against President Marcos
was jailed, and in many cases, disappeared
without a trace.
• Numerous human rights violations were made
during this time.

5. • According to Philippine-History.Org, 30,000
politicians, students, and journalist were
detained by[sic] military compounds under
the President’s command and many news
publication and television news broadcasts
were closed or controlled by the Marcos
government.