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In 2006 the usual suspects in the Philippine military staged a comic-opera "coup" which abruptly fizzled. WI GMA had used the opportunity to declare martial law for a limited period? Keep in mind this is a defanged version compared to the "God-Emperor" powers under the old 1935 Constitution that Ferdie appropriated in 1972.