Ferdinand Marcos

“ Whereas, officers and men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, more than any other body of government personnel, have been called upon to carry and are now carrying a great share of the grave burden of suppressing the activities of groups of men actively engaged in a criminal conspiracy to seize political and state power in the Philippines, and of eradicating widespraed lawlessness, anarchy, disorder and wanton destruction of lives and property now prevailing throughout the country ”