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<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCARMMAPH%2Fvideos%2Fvb.1521509828149238%2F1554114678222086%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></div><p>Shock and tears. These were the reactions of young Filipinos who unexpectedly met with martial law victims in a viral video that has generated over 51,000 shares and more than 1.3 million views on Facebook, as of writing.</p><p>The four-minute video was uploaded online by the group Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses to Malacañang (CARMMA).</p><p>The millennials who took part in the video are aged 19-22, and are also first time voters. They were not born yet when Martial Law was declared by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1972.</p><p>During the first part of the video, the millennials were asked by older people what they think about the effects of the Martial Law years.</p><p>All of them gave a positive feedback, and even favored Martial :aw.</p><p>One thought that during the Marcos regime, &quot;the law was followed and people were disciplined,&quot; while another participant said that &quot;it was good for (the) country.&quot;</p><p>One millennial even defended Martial Law, saying it was &quot;like how your parents are strict because they love you.&quot;</p><p>Tthe next part of the video revealed the identities of the persons who asked them questions. It turned out they were human rights victims during the Martial Law era.</p><p>One victim, Danilo Dela Fuente, described how he was electrocuted starting from his elbows until it almost reached his brain&#x27;s membrane that could have killed him.</p><p>Lourdes Victoriano was an urban poor activist during Martial Law. Victoriano was later arrested and raped during the Marcos regime.</p><p>Meanwhile, Rodel Briones said they were playing basketball when soldiers took him and his friends. Soldiers accused him of throwing a grenade in a rally in Manila. Briones said a drunken soldier told them to strip and hit them with a bench. They were then put inside a tiny holding cell where 17 people had to fit.</p><p>During the narration, the millennials could not help but get teary-eyed and feel guilty.</p><p>One of them said, &quot;it&#x27;s overwhelming to discover what happened during Martial Law.&quot; While another one said &quot;they (were taught) differently in school.&quot;</p><p>One young person said she actually did not know anything about Martial Law, despite favoring it, and she was sorry for it.</p><div><strong>AGAINST MARCOS&#x27; RETURN</strong></div><p>The group CARMMA is campaigning against the return of the Marcoses in Malacañang.</p><p>The son of the late dictator is running for vice-president in the May 9 elections.</p><p>Sen. Bongbong Marcos is now statistically tied with Liberal Party standard bearer Leni Robredo in the latest ABS-CBN Pulse Asia survey. </p><div><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/05/03/16/leni-bongbong-share-lead-in-new-abs-cbn-survey" target="_blank">(READ: Leni, Bongbong share lead in new ABS-CBN survey)</a></div><p>Marcos earlier refused to apologize about human rights abuses during his father&#x27;s Martial Law.</p><div><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/focus/04/10/16/still-no-sorry-from-bongbong-marcos-for-martial-law-abuses" target="_blank">(READ: Still no sorry from Bongbong Marcos for Martial Law abuses)</a></div><p>Marcos served as vice governor (1981) and governor (1983 to 1986) of Ilocos Norte during Martial Law.</p><p>CARMMA believes that the true story of Martial Law &quot;is not being taught in schools,&quot; as stated in the last part of the video.</p><p>The group said it is against Bongbong Marcos becoming vice president &quot;because he is not the guiltless son that he presents himself to be.&quot;</p>