My Inquirer column today on the Ferdinand Marcos Diary entries shortly before th...

My Inquirer column today on the Ferdinand Marcos Diary entries shortly before the declaration of Martial Law in 1972.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/37024/prelude-to-martial-law


Prelude to martial law
opinion.inquirer.net
Four decades have passed since the official declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos. For good feng shui Marcos tried to time significant things on dates that had his lucky number “7” or its multiples. Thus, Proclamation 1081, the declaration of martial law, was signed and dated Sept. 21, 1972...