Ex-Philippine leader Ramos warns against excessive force in Mindanao

Last week's siege by militants in Marawi City in Mindanao and the ensuing crisis stirred in former Philippine President Fidel Ramos memories of the 1972 uprising in the same city by Muslim separatists who were opposed to the nationwide martial law declaration by then President Ferdinand Marcos.In a press conference last Friday to air his reaction to President Rodrigo Duterte's martial law declaration for the entire Mindanao group of islands amid the ongoing crisis, Ramos, who was president from 1992 to 1998, cautioned against a prolonged and expanded martial law, noting that the 1972 rebell…READ FULL ARTICLE