It’s not Martial Law, It's Safety Precaution

        Just Three months after the 16^th President Rodrigo Duterte sat on the presidency, he had already started to eradicate drugs and is trying to have a permanent peace in the country.

        But just recently, the bombing of the Davao market has caused the president to declare State of Lawlessness. It caused a nationwide debate whether if it’ll lead to Martial law or not.

        What the people don’t understand is that the state of lawlessness is declared to alarm the citizens that the country is not in a good state.

        It is far from Martial law for the reason, it is not to impose strict military actions and it does not stop the daily routines of the Filipinos. It is only to protect the country from mere disruptions of those terrorist attacks.

        More police checkpoints may be added to ensure the safety of the Filipinos. Fr. Ramilio Aquino, dean of San Beda College Graduate School of Law stated that while the declaration, it is “nothing alarming, neitheris it legally insignificant.

        It is not the first time Davao City was bombed neither is it for the state of lawlessness was declared. The declaration is a proof that the president is taking an extra mile to protect the whole country from any further harm.

        And if the Filipinos forget, the President has been a lawyer and knows what he can and cannot do. He knows the limitations. If the Filipino voters trusted him enough to make a change, then they should trust him more for a better country.

-Joveth Fanilag