It has been 12 hours since the declaration of martial law in Mindanao — it is now being implemented reportedly with warrantless raids of houses of residents and citywide blockades and city lock downs (according to DZMM). Up to now, no written copy has been published/ disseminated/ posted publicly. This by itself (the non-publication/ non-posting of a copy of the declaration) violates due-process-rights of the residents of Mindanao. Can an unwritten/ unpublished declaration of martial law be already implemented? ANO BA?!
Abuses in the implementation of the unwritten/ unpublished declaration of martial law may have started. DZMM of ABS-CBN has received reports of warrantless raids/ searches of houses of civilians/ residents of Marawi. Such warrantless searches can only be made incident to a lawful arrest or … in the enforcement of a valid arrest. In this particular case, for example, the law enforcement authority should have personal knowledge that the person they want arrested is inside the house and the occupants refuse to turn him/her in. (Do you trust the military operating presently in Mindanao as implementers of martial law?)
