January 29, 1973 Catalyst Diary of Ferdinand Marcos Leave a comment

Diary of Marcos: January 29-30, 1973 – Martial Law Period

The dinner with the Justices without Chief Justice Concepcion who is sick in Sto. Tomas Hospital turned out well. Casually I turned into the problems the country was facing requiring an unquestioned position of leadership for negotiations. As Justice Fred Ruiz Castro said, “I get the message, Mr. President.” Read more

January 27, 1973 Catalyst Diary of Ferdinand Marcos Leave a comment

Diary of Marcos: January 27, 1973 (Saturday) – Martial Law Period

(on board the 777 to sleep here for an early start at 7:30 am tomorrow with Dr. and Mrs. Sharon for Talaga) …Chief Justice Concepcion is sick in the hospital and may not be able to attend the dinner on Monday. It is apparent that the other justices are in favor of dismissing the petition… Read more

January 24, 1973 Catalyst Diary of Ferdinand Marcos Leave a comment

Diary of Marcos: January 24, 1973 (Wednesday) – Martial Law Period

Had as usual only 6 hours sleep and seem to be tense because of the possible constitutional crisis that may come out of an adverse Supreme Court decision on the petition against the ratification of the new constitution. So I worked up to 12:00 am on the presentation of the problems we are facing and… Read more

January 23, 1973 Catalyst Diary of Ferdinand Marcos Leave a comment

Diary of Marcos: January 23, 1973 (Tuesday) – Martial Law Period

(Written at 12:00 pm Jan. 24th as I stayed up to 2:30 am with Justices Barredo, Makasiar, Antonio and Esguerra, Sec. Ponce Enrile and Abad Santos and Mendoza) …Prepared our position with Sec. Abad Santos and Ponce Enrile and Sol. Gen. Estelito Mendoza, on the Ramon Gonzales petition of prohibition and injunction against Decree 1102… Read more

January 13, 1973 Catalyst Diary of Ferdinand Marcos Leave a comment

Diary of Marcos: January 13, 1973 (Saturday) – Martial Law Period

…I also conferred with the Speaker and House Majority Floor Leader (Villareal and Veloso) informing them of my plan to push through a new constitution that may be different from the draft by the Concon. It would be unicameral with a definite period for an interim government; that we would have to retain powers to… Read more

November 6, 1972 Catalyst Presidential Decrees Leave a comment

Presidential Decree No. 37, s. 1972

MALACAÑANG M a n i l a PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 37 November 6, 1972 CREATING THE NAYONG PILIPINO FOUNDATION WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to create a foundation which will promote, encourage and initiate research and development projects and activities in social sciences, humanities, social and amelioration and allied fields. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E.… Read more

October 20, 1972 Catalyst Diary of Ferdinand Marcos Leave a comment

Diary of Marcos: October 20, 1972 (Friday) – Martial Law Period

The proceedings were tense; or should I say, shameful? There were vigorous speeches against the provision by Justice Barrera, Gary Teves and Leonie Garcia. The whole Convention looked with admiration at these three musketeers who have displayed their guts by speaking against what is a foreordained provision and, in so doing, were taking the risk… Read more

September 21, 1972 Catalyst Proclamations, Videos One comment

Proclamation No. 1081 (Martial Law) – Complete Script

Ito ang kumpletong iskrip ng pahayag ni dating pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos sa pagdeklara niya ng Martial Law noong 1972. Panoorin at alamin ang dahilan at layunin niya sa pagdeklara ng Martial Law. Huwag kalimutang i-share ito dahil hindi ito naisama sa history books sa mga paaralan sa buong bansa. [This is the complete script of… Read more

September 20, 1972 Catalyst Diary of Ferdinand Marcos Leave a comment

Diary of Marcos: September 20, 1972 (Wednesday)

Malacañan Palace Manila The two Americans paid to assassinate me were supposed to do the job this morning but when they tried out the guns (even the .22 caliber) they were too loud. This was explained by our penetration man, Talastas. They have prepared a Comby wagon, put a hole in the back and have… Read more

September 5, 1972 Catalyst Diary of Ferdinand Marcos Leave a comment

Diary of Marcos: September 5, 1972 (Tuesday)

Conference with Gen. Ver and others on contingency plans. I place Gen. Espino [&] Sec. Ponce Enrile’s report in Envelope XXXIV-U The Pomeroy article on Phil. Maoists [ ] Sen. Aquino is helping organize the NPA, Lopezes and Roces helping the Maoists with [ ] and propaganda, the participation of the [ ] Brothers up… Read more