Obvious talaga ang galit mo kay GMA pero sa pagkakataong ito, nasa tamang lugar si Quevedo para ibulalas ang suporta niya sa Martial Law dahil nandoon siya mismo sa larangan ng kaguluhan, ikaw ba nasaan ka?>. Ang mga katulad mo ang salot sa lipunan. Kontra din ang mga bishop kay GMA pero sa pagkakatong ito tinatanggap nila na Martial Law lang ang katapat ng mga private armies sa maguindanao.

I’m not sure if people truly understand the position of the government in declaring martial law. People are crying for swift justice for the victims of the savage killing in maguindanao. UNfortunately, with the current justice set up that we have in this country, swift justice is practically an impossible dream. Without martial law, arresting the suspects in the savage killing would require a warrant of arrest to be issued by courts in Maguindanao. Before a warrant of arrest can be issued, there must a criminal case filed against the person sought to be arrested through the warrant, and before a criminal case can be filed against these persons, government prosecution must first establish probable cause that a crime was committed and that the person to be charged and arrested is probably guilty thereof. This is the regular criminal procedure. Now this may sound simple, but believe me folks, this is one hell of a dragging proceeding. I'll show you the complete picture. Through regular criminal case proceedings, before the fiscal (DOJ or prosecution) can establish probable cause for the filing of criminal charges against the suspects, the suspects assisted by MORE THAN 40 LAWYERS shall be given to chance to file counter -affidavit to refute the pieces of evidence against him. This is what the lawyers called preliminary investigation. SHould the prosecs find probable cause to indict the suspect, suspect may still avail of any remedy available under the law. HE may either move for reconsideration of the resolution of the prosecution, or file a petition before the SUpreme COurt. If you have no idea how long it will take for the completion of the preliminary investigation alone and filing of charges, plus resolution of numerous petitions and motions by the accused, then mind you, you are looking at not less than 1 year!!!! Lawyers for the accused are expected to file motions left and right only to delay the entire proceedings. This is not to mention of course the newly devised delaying tactic, hospitalization of the accused. Should the prosec be lucky enough to be able to file criminal charges, again you can only expect hundreds of delaying motions and maneuvers from the lawyers of the accused to prevent the issuance of warrant of arrest. I guess with this to consider, it's better to ask ourselves what's the genuine objective behind the declaration of martial law. WIll there be swift justice in the absence of martial law?