Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today challenged President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to face the public and give a detailed and comprehensive report on the situation in Maguindanao and her reasons for declaring Martial Law in the area.
“How convenient that now that the Pandora’s Box has been opened, the President flies off to New York. [...]

Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session
JOINT RESOLUTION No. 52
Introduced by REP. SATUR C. OCAMPO, REP. LIZA L. MAZA, REP. TEODORO A. CASIÑO, REP. NERI JAVIER COLMENARES, REP. RAFAEL V. MARIANO, REP. LUZVIMINDA C. ILAGAN, REP. JOEL B. MAGLUNSOD AND REP. RAYMOND V. PALATINO
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JOINT RESOLUTION
TO CONVENE [...]

Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today said that Pres. Gloria  Arroyo’s declaration of Martial Law in Maguindanao has her “hitting several birds with one stone.”
“Arroyo is one clever tactician and sharpshooter. By declaring Martial Law in Maguindanao, Arroyo has just set-up a veritable white-wash to exonerate the Ampatuans. She also now seems to be [...]

Kabataan Partylist strongly rejects the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao.
 
Proclamation 1959 is a dangerous precedent to the impending 2010 elections. Unless it is immediately revoked, its implications to the national elections hover over the Filipino people like a menacing cloud poised to unleash the worst of tragedies in Philippine democracy.
 
The declaration of martial law [...]