{"id":182342,"date":"2018-09-20T23:47:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T03:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=182342"},"modified":"2018-09-20T23:47:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T03:47:23","slug":"govt-vows-maximum-tolerance-vs-martial-law-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/20\/govt-vows-maximum-tolerance-vs-martial-law-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t vows maximum tolerance vs. martial law protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_168801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168801\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Spox-Roque-presscon-Southern-Leyte-July-2_5b39d7d4b68ca3_67679261.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168801\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Spox-Roque-presscon-Southern-Leyte-July-2_5b39d7d4b68ca3_67679261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Spox-Roque-presscon-Southern-Leyte-July-2_5b39d7d4b68ca3_67679261.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Spox-Roque-presscon-Southern-Leyte-July-2_5b39d7d4b68ca3_67679261-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe will give maximum tolerance to everyone, because after all the President (Rodrigo R. Duterte) was not the one who declared martial law in September 21 many years ago.\u201d (PNA photo)roque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Government law enforcers will be exercising maximum tolerance during rallies, in line with the 46th anniversary of Martial Law declared by the late president Ferdinand Marcos on Sept. 21, 1972, the Palace assured on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the assurance as thousands of activists are expected to join nationwide protests on Friday (September 21) to mark the declaration of martial law over four decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will give maximum tolerance to everyone, because after all the President (Rodrigo R. Duterte) was not the one who declared martial law in September 21 many years ago,\u201d Roque said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Roque pointed out that the President respects the people\u2019s right to free expression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Wala naman pong makakareklamo kay Presidente na balat-sibuyas si Presidente<\/em>\u00a0&#8212;<em>\u00a0hinayaan niya, kinikilala niya ang importansiya ng malayang pananalita<\/em>\u00a0(Nobody can say that the President is onion-skinned &#8212; he allows it, he recognizes the importance of free speech),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 21, 1972, Marcos signed Proclamation 1081, placing the Philippines under martial law.<\/p>\n<p>This period has since been remembered as among the darkest periods in Philippine history as it saw several human rights violations, including killings, illegal detention, and torture by the military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Government law enforcers will be exercising maximum tolerance during rallies, in line with the 46th anniversary of Martial Law &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":168801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182342","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}