Why ferdinand marcos was a good president

Through Presidential Decrees, he was able to make laws without Congress, as well as issue arrest and seizure orders that are normally issued only by the judiciary in a democratic government. More than 50, people, including those critical of his governance, were arrested during the first three years of his martial rule, according to Amnesty International.

The number does not include the "desaparecidos" or victims of enforced disappearances under Marcos. The Marcos regime was also responsible for 3, murders, 35, torture cases, and 70, incarcerations, according to members Akbayan party-list group, of whom many suffered under the dictatorship. The Marcoses' ostentatious display of wealth during his rule in the s left US embassy officials disgusted, according to diplomatic cables released by anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.

November 15, Pharmally's Dargani siblings arrested in Davao City. Child rights activist Sally Crisostomo arrested. Duterte vs. Duterte 'most unfortunate' says Sara All official. November 14, MMDA set to review rules on allowing minors to enter malls. Shoppers crowd Divisoria in Manila. Now it's so confusing. Are we little brownamericans are we Chinese or are we Hispanics. Discipline reign supreme. The Filipinos are not ready for freedom.

Freedom to them means lawlessness, arrogance, inconsideration. You can see it in how people fail to fall in line they crowd each other boarding and disembarking airplanes. A laughing stock in first world countries. You see it in blatant disobedience of street rules and laws. You see it in the greedy cops that stop you only to get money from you. You see it at the airport asking for merienda. You see it in cars jockeying for position to be first. You see it in jeepneys the number one lawbreakers at nite time you see it in abject poverty So many homeless sleeping on sidewalks.

The GDP is not a reflection of a Filipino family. The new generation are just there indifferent to political dynasty He implemented martial law because it was out of love for democracy and his beloved country. Philippines was starting to get out of control due to the influence and penetration of the communism to the our country. The only way to restore discipline and put his plans into action was the martial law.

He is like a father who spanks his child not because he's abusive but he loves that child and wants that child to grow up successful.

If he didn't implemented martial law, we probably be 2 in asia during that time has one of the best economy, best military might, don't have the infrastructures that we have, we might be a communist country and worse of all, UNITED STATES probably would try to invade us again!

He wants us to stand on our own, not to be a puppet to the US. Mabuhat APO! That could be true. During Marcos' days, discipline was instilled, albeit forcefully. In terms of economic policies, he built IRRI and transformed the country into the number 1 rice producing country in Asia, maybe the world. His downfall was not his own doing, it was because of his wife and the people around him, including then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile.

Debates still abound of what Marcos truly represented for the Philippines. One thing is for certain, he stayed in power not only because of the military, but because he was cognizant of what the country truly need and what things needed to be done. Not anymore because they always believe that these yellow people are the best but its a pure lie I just hope that every Filipinos would do a research of their own because history itself would tell the difference of our lives today and during marcos time I will vote if BBM will run for president !

He is the most excellent Philippine president that did it so. But, let us not blame anybody for all the bad things which are happening.. It is our fault because we lose respect, fear and conscience so we commit these unforgivable sins.

I can speak of praises to the late president but that was an issue long time ago. Yes he is the best in the history But then, can we at least make Philippines better at this time instead of having an unending battle? If the present president is doing good, let's open our eyes and see it. If he is not yet good enough, then let us wait for another election and then we choose who The rule by the senior Marcos and his wife Imelda has been called a kleptocratic "conjugal dictatorship".

The government has recovered just under a tenth of the wealth that the Marcos family and their associates are accused of plundering. During martial law, 70, people were imprisoned, 34, were tortured, and 3, were killed, according to data from Amnesty International. Marcos filed his candidacy on Wednesday, ahead of the Oct.

Marcos said his party had planned to adopt President Duterte as the vice presidential running mate. But Duterte did not file his candidacy, saying he would retire from politics. Marcos had been rumoured to be running in tandem with Duterte-Carpio, who however filed her candidacy on Saturday for another term as mayor of the southern city of Davao. Withdrawals or substitution of presidential candidates are possible until mid-November.

In , Duterte made a last-minute change of heart, joining the presidential race that he won in by a wide margin. Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.