Kirsty Hamilton voicecast to the BBC regarding the end of martial law in the Philippines

Abstract

Ferdinand Marcos was the first president in the Philippines to be reelected to a second term. Students and other citizens staged violent public protests against his rule. The Filipino Communist Party reemerged as a threat and a Muslim separatist movement in the south urged succession. President Marcos responded to all of these threats by declaring martial law on 21 September 1972. He suspended habeas corpus, imposed a curfew and his jailed opponents. On 17 January 1981 Marcos suspended this period of martial law in preparation for the visit to the Philippines by Pope John Paul II. Show more