...when President Marcos declared martial law, citing national anarchy, lawlessness, and rebellion of the New People's Army, the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Democratic institutions were suppressed under martial law. Even after martial law was formally terminated...

...Republic of China). Although the number of organizations driven by leftwing ideologies had declined, the New People's Army (the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines) continued to pose a significant threat to that South-East Asian state. The Philippine Muslim secessionist...