Identify The Type Of Government Which Best Relates To The Following Words/Phrase: Marcos And Martial Law

identify the type of government which best relates to the following words/phrase: Marcos and Martial Law

 

Answer:

The answer is dictatorship or autocracy.

Explanation:

Ferdinand Marcos is a dictator and the worst president the Philippines has ever had, no matter how hard revisionists try to tell the public otherwise.

Ferdinand Marcos rose to power as a young lawyer who had experience in the army. While he had ideals at first, he was easily swayed by power and greed to take money from the countrys coffers and through bribery, rackeetering, and embezzlement.

His family and cronies created a myth that the Marcos wealth was from unearthed hidden Japanese treasures which in turn perpetuated another lie that the Philippines is a country that is hiding "Yamashita gold."

He grabbed many corporations and companies from other people to favor his wealthy friends and so that they could keep these companies for themselves. He had people removed from power, had people who questionned his motives and authority tortured and killed. His children, who were already adults during this time, also did the same (ordering the killing and torture).

He orchestrated a series of events so that he can declare Martial Law and prevent the rise of other Filipinos in power and so that he can control all three branches of the government. A dictatorship is when there is no balance in the three heads of the government and when all power is shifted to one person, the head of state.

It is said that this dictatorship is run by two people, Ferdinand and his wife Imelda. Imelda would often command national projects, with funds borrowed from other countries and the World Bank, as a way to show off to her international friends and to disillusion herself that she was doing something well for the poor.