Ferdinand Marcos

“ Whereas, the military personnel 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 greater share of the great burden of suppressing the activities of the group of men actively engaged in a criminal conspiracy to seize political and state power in the Philippines, and of eradicating widespread lawlessness, anarchy, disorder and wanton destruction of life and property now prevailing throughout the country ”