AFP: Present martial law different from past one
MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) assured critics of President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law proclamation over Mindanao that things are different than they were in the past.
“There are many quarters who have been raising issues already. They are people living in the past. I would like to state that under the new basis for which martial law is declared, those of the past are very different from the way it is going to be implemented today,” the Philippine Star quoted AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla as saying.
Padilla said today’s AFP can be trusted to properly carry out martial law for the sake of the people.
“Our Armed Forces is a new Armed Forces that you should trust. We are the Armed Forces of the people whose oath is to protect the state and every citizen of this country. And we will do that even at the cost of our lives, as you have been seeing in the many months that we have been fighting this threat,” he said.
At the same time, he also encouraged the public to report any incident of abuses by military personnel so they could quickly act on it.
“On account of the doubts that have been expressed by many quarters, we also appeal to the public that should you see abuses on the part of those implementing martial law, men in uniform who are tasked to do that, we encourage you to report them and on our part, we will provide you a swift probe and a quick action to ensure the accountability of our men,” he said.
Padilla said today’s AFP can be trusted to properly carry out martial law for the sake of the people.
“Our Armed Forces is a new Armed Forces that you should trust. We are the Armed Forces of the people whose oath is to protect the state and every citizen of this country. And we will do that even at the cost of our lives, as you have been seeing in the many months that we have been fighting this threat,” he said.
At the same time, he also encouraged the public to report any incident of abuses by military personnel so they could quickly act on it.
“On account of the doubts that have been expressed by many quarters, we also appeal to the public that should you see abuses on the part of those implementing martial law, men in uniform who are tasked to do that, we encourage you to report them and on our part, we will provide you a swift probe and a quick action to ensure the accountability of our men,” he said.
source: kickerdaily
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