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 testing the waters and gauging public reaction for martial law, and preparing for a ‘GMA forever’ scenario,”  the young opposition solon said.
“Proclamation 1959 is designed to fail. The Ampatuans were charged with rebellion, a charge …

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 in Maguindanao is a completely unnecessary move if the Arroyo administration genuinely intends to bring to justice the wrongdoers in the Maguindanao massacre. Its real motives, thus, are subject to suspicion.
 
Martial law in Mindanao is …