DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW

INTRODUCTION
Since the campaign rally of Rodrigo Duterte until his presidency, Martial Law

has been the undying topic our our country and even around the globe. Last

May 2017, ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) militant and Mauti rebellious

group had intruded and ravage the land Marawi. Establishments, schools and

churches were burned down together with the slaughter of hundreds of

innocent people. Escape is the only hope of for the survivors. People all over

the country began to panic especially the neighbouring cities. On May 23,

2017 at 10 pm, Martial Law was finally declared by the President for the

entire land of Mindanao due to terrorism.

Face book has been the fastest channel to spread the news. It was the only

way to witness the real-time events on site and to disseminate the cries of

each stranded people in need of help. With this, the Police Intelligence

warned the Netizens to stop spreading unreliable images and video clips for

safety reasons. The news was a raging fire that people do not even know

who and what to believe. Yet as the declaration of Martial Law began many

cried out with mixed anger and fear. They forgot the innocent people who

died. They forgot Marawi. They forgot the safety of our nation.

PROBLEM
The following comments were separately distributed and shared on Facebook

by each member of this survey:

Positive:Martial Law can reduce terrorism and rebellious group of people especially in

Mindanao.

Negative: People nowadays are ignorant of the importance of Martial Law;

they prefer freedom rather than protection.

Within few days people reacted more on the negative comments than with

the positive; having shown the mental perspective of the Filipinos

representing the nation.

HYPOTHESIS

Lack of knowledge, insufficient historical records and bias media reports

were the main reasons why most people are against Martial Law.

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

The data for this research was collected using the survey in the Facebook.

The survey was created using suitable question modified from related

research and individual questions formed by the researcher. The survey was

comprised 1 question each positive and negative, which were related to the

participants perception regarding to "The Declaration of the Martial Law" .

You have to react to determine if the respondent agreed o disagreed in a

statement you post in facebook. The positive question is " People nowadays

are ignorant of the importance of the Martial Law; they prefer freedom than

protection". The numbers of reaction is 69 and also the comment was " Try to

look and go there to the outside of our society. And you will see , and also try

to listen and hear their cry ( I am talking to the cry of Lumad and Moro ). And

the negative question is "Martial Law can reduce terrorism and rebellions

group people especially in Mindanao". The number of reaction is 32 and the

comment was " One doesn't need to become a lawyer/historian to

understand the opposition to Martial Law is not equal to supporting the

terrorists. It was a simple logic.

RESEARCH DESIGN:

Social Media Survey

DATA ANALYSIS

Freedom of expression has been everyones justifiable excuses. It has been a

valid approach to combat opposition. Though some countries abolished such

privilege there are still ways to openly express and spread the personal

thoughts and ideas. Social media such as Facebook has been a worldwide

channel to everyones desire, wants and needs. It has been the simplest,

cheapest and fastest medium to spread information. Yet amid the abundance
of information that could be easily obtain by click of a second many are still

misled; many are still distracted and confused.

Freedom of expression often causes many surfers to neglect and ignore the

capacity of everyone to think deeper and to search the truth diligently.

Martial Law is one of the unending issue that cause division in our country.

Social media has given most of the information we want yet freedom of

expression overrides the truth. People are confused. Truth was mixed with

personal perspective. Emotions have become the basis of opposition. Thus,

feeling becomes a reasonable fact to reject and abolish the firm truth.

CONCLUSION

Mental diversity is the main reason why a certain nation, or even around the

globe, have no unity when it comes to governing power. The undeniable fact

that people have different educational background and social status quo limit

their minds to notion and information that was given to them. Social media

was made to inform and educate people. Unfortunately, it was also used as a

medium to deceive and confuse many. Yet based on the survey, people

agreed more on the fact that many are still uneducated and misinformed to

what is the importance of Martial Law and its existence in our Constitution.