(1) “It is
dangerous to proceed in amending the Constitution either by constituent
assembly or constitutional convention when we have a President who wants the
legitimation of dictatorial powers.”
(2) “…These moves for charter change should be
stopped to assure the public that congressional and judicial safeguards against
martial law would be preserved”.
(3) “All initiatives to amend the Constitution must
be consigned to the backburner to assure that the dismantling of congressional
and judicial safeguards on the presidential declaration of martial law will not
be realized.”
(4) “…Duterte’s statement for a one-man rule through
martial law revealed his authoritarian tendencies.”
(5) “President Duterte’s unequivocal pronouncement
for a return to a president’s absolute and sole authority to declare martial
law and suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus betrays his
authoritarian designs which must never be constitutionalized.”
(6) “…The
power of Congress to revoke a martial law declaration and suspension of the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, as well as the judicial review by the
Supreme Court on the basis of martial law, should not be clipped from the 1987
Constitution”.
(7) “The
power of Congress to revoke a presidential declaration of martial law and the
suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus as well as the
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to review the factual basis of such
declarations were mandated in the 1987 Constitution to preclude abuses
curtailing civil and political rights like the unrestrained imposition of
martial law without time limit.”
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