{"id":252719,"date":"2020-04-21T01:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T05:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252719"},"modified":"2025-01-16T08:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:27:34","slug":"ordering-military-to-implement-stricter-ecq-is-not-martial-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/21\/ordering-military-to-implement-stricter-ecq-is-not-martial-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordering military to implement \u2018stricter\u2019 ECQ is not martial law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: STRICTER DISTANCING. Authorities implement stricter physical distancing at the Balintawak Market in Quezon City on Thursday (April 16, 2020). The Department of the Interior and Local Government recently ordered a stricter implementation of the social distancing measure to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to issue any order for the military to implement a \u201cstricter\u201d implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon and some parts of Visayas and Mindanao, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this clarification after an internal memo of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) advising troops to “prepare for strict implementation of extensive enhanced community quarantine where the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) will be the overall in-charge along roads and highways” was leaked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President has not actually exercised this extraordinary power of calling upon the military for this purpose,\u201d Roque said in a virtual presser.<\/p>\n

Roque, however, said it was only natural for the military to prepare to enforce an \u201cextensive\u201d ECQ upon the President\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n

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He also said Duterte\u2019s order for the military to implement stricter quarantine protocols should not be likened to martial law.<\/p>\n

\u201cIyan po ay kapangyarihan ng Presidente at hindi po iyan martial law (That is the power of the President and it\u2019s not martial law),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said the President will not think twice about letting the military takeover since it is allowed under the 1987 Constitution.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe will not hesitate to call upon the military to enforce the ECQ. That\u2019s the calling out power. If he so decides, he will issue the necessary and corresponding executive issuance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On April 17, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said pronouncement was a \u201cmere warning\u201d to those who would continue to defy the quarantine protocols.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President is only trying to emphasize to the people that he also has the ability to ask the AFP and the PNP (Philippine National Police) to help impose orders, if need be. He has that power. So, warning lang sa violators. (It\u2019s a warning to violators),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nograles also noted that the 1987 Constitution is \u201cvery clear\u201d that Duterte can only enforce a martial rule when there is rebellion or invasion.<\/p>\n

Thus, the President would only give soldiers and policemen a \u201cbigger\u201d role in the imposition of the ECQ, should quarantine violations persist, he said.<\/p>\n

Under Article 7, Section 18 of the Constitution, “the President shall be the Commander-in-Chief of all armed forces of the Philippines and whenever it becomes necessary, he may call out such armed forces to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion”.<\/p>\n

The Constitution also provides that the President can declare martial law, \u201cin case of invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it.<\/p>\n

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In a televised national address on April 16, Duterte told the police and the military to get ready to take the lead in the implementation of the ECQ in Luzon, in case the number of quarantine violators continues to rise.<\/p>\n

Upset over the reported quarantine violations during the ECQ period, the President said his order would be similar to the declaration of \u201cmartial law.”<\/p>\n

This week, President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to decide on whether to extend or modify the ECQ which will end on April 30.<\/p>\n

He will consider five parameters, which include the \u201ctrends in the Covid-19 epidemiological curve, the capacity of the health care system, and the social, economic, and security factors,\u201d in deciding on the fate of ECQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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