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When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law 17 months ago, one of his major justifications was that only drastic measures could crush the insurrections that were plaguing the islands. Since then he has suppressed all political opposition, imposed strict press censorship and outlawed private possession of guns. Yet violent opposition to his regime has not only continued but burgeoned...
...million, have resisted attempts by the country's predominantly Christian administration to govern them. In recent years they have violently opposed Manila's policy of encouraging Christian settlers to migrate south and buy Moslem land. It was in part to end this violence that Marcos imposed martial law. At that time he demanded that all citizens turn in their guns to the government. Many Moslems balked and called for creation of an independent Moslem state. They took to the hills, where they seemingly have an unlimited supply of ammunition, Belgian-made automatic rifles, light-and heavy-caliber machine...
Marcos confronts other knotty challenges elsewhere. In the hill country of southern Luzon, the Maoist "New People's Army," which was severely weakened in the first months of martial law, has rebounded...
Despite the growing resistance, Marcos can justifiably point to improvements since he imposed martial...
...majority of Filipinos clearly back Marcos' policy of martial law. They have benefited from the improved economy and the drop in street crime. But the catalogue of problems facing Marcos could turn that support into opposition almost overnight. His challenge is to maintain a growing economy and at the same time pacify the various insurgencies threatening his control. It is a tightrope act, for if he chooses to fight the insurgents and all other opposition rather than compromise, the costs could ultimately sap the economy...