Justice Benjamin Caguioa once warned that if the NPA conflict is upheld as basis to declare martial law, the Philippines may be trapped in a perpetual state of military rule.
in response to continued quarantine violators. This prompted renewed concerns that a martial law declaration was not far from happening.
"As a lawyer and the commander-in-chief, the President knows that he may declare martial law only in actual cases of rebellion or invasion, not on the ground of a public health emergency," Guevarra said. “This precedent dangerously supports the theoretical possibility of perpetual martial law. This precedent dangerously suggests a perpetual violation of people's constitutional rights,” Caguioa said.
"The Constitution grants him the prerogative whether to put the entire Philippines or any part thereof under martial law.
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