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Important provisions that are supposed to be safeguards against such a declaration were surreptitiously deleted in Article VII-A, Section 12 of the proposed Charter, according to the Counsels for the Defense of Liberties (Codal).


Codal warned Congress and the public against falling for this move, as letting it pass would lead the country back to the Marcos era when dictatorship ruled.


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PRESIDENT-PRIME MINISTER

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Important provisions that are supposed to be safeguards against such a declaration were surreptitiously deleted in Article VII-A, Section 12 of the proposed Charter, according to the Counsels for the Defense of Liberties (Codal).


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Lawyers warn of deletion of martial law safeguards in draft Charter

By Michael Punongbayan | January 18, 2006 - 12:00am

A group of lawyers raised the alarm yesterday on proposed changes in the 1987 Constitution, saying these will make declaring martial law much easier. Important provisions that are supposed to be safeguards against...

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