{"id":117955,"date":"2017-09-15T03:21:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T07:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=117955"},"modified":"2017-09-15T04:22:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T08:22:37","slug":"lorenzana-on-martial-law-declaration-unlikely-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/15\/lorenzana-on-martial-law-declaration-unlikely-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenzana on Martial Law declaration: unlikely to happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112285\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112285\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg\" alt=\"This was emphasized by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana when asked by the PNA Wednesday on whether the ongoing conflict in densely-packed Marawi City, where Maute Group terrorists converted concrete houses and buildings into fortified fighting positions, necessitates the acquisition of a main battle tank fleet. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told the reporters on Friday that there is a remote chance for President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to declare a nationwide martial law next week, recalling a conversation he had with the former last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Sinabi na rin ni Presidente \u2018yan eh. Sabi niya, \u2018Kung<\/em> left will try to have a massive protest, <em>magsunog sila sa kalsada<\/em>, they will disrupt the country, then I might [declare martial law] (He said if the left will try to have a massive protest, start fires on the streets, they will disrupt the country then I might declare martial law),\u201d Lorenzana said.<\/p>\n<p>This referred to the scheduled mass protest of various opposition groups expected on September 21, during the 45<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos\u2019 martial law declaration.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzana highlighted that in his estimation; it was a \u2018remote\u2019 chance for Duterte to declare the said military rule, for he thought that the protest would not be that big, \u201cSo <em>sabi niya<\/em> (he said), \u2018I might declare martial law.\u2019 But I don\u2019t think the possibility that the left will be able to conduct a massive demonstration across the country, disrupting the civil government or the lives of the people, <em>eh<\/em> <em>hindi naman siguro mangyayari<\/em> \u2018yun (I do not think that will happen),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>However, the President had earlier announced that he might order a class and government work suspension on the 21<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This early, I am announcing that I am ordering a holiday <em>para walang masaktan, walang ano kung may<\/em> demonstration <em>d\u2019yan, magkagulo <\/em>(so no one will be hurt in whatever demonstration in the event that there may be turmoil),\u201d he said in an interview on PTV-4 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The said protest will oppose Duterte\u2019s public support for Marcos, his war on drugs, his criticizing of organizations, persons, and institutions of democracy, the alleged police abuses of power, and human rights violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told the reporters on Friday that there is a remote chance for President Rodrigo Roa Duterte &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":112285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[12748,3195,2444],"class_list":["post-117955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-delfin-lorenzana","tag-martial-law","tag-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}