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Armed conflict with the CPP–NPA

The Martial Law period, which had lasted from September 1972 to January 1981, had been a period of significant growth for the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's army because the implementation of Martial Law had the effect of radicalizing otherwise moderate protesters. This continued into the 1980s, with the NPA able to establish itself in urban areas and with the NDF able to form relationships with legal opposition organizations - all despite Marcos' claims in January 1981 that the conflict had been "substantially contained." The killing of key leaders in Davao city in the opening years of the 1980s led the administration to claim that the CPP "backbone" in the south had broken,” But the remaining leaders soon began to experiment with new tactics including urban insurrectionism, leading the international press to label Davao City as the "Killing Fields, and as "the Philippines' "Murder Capital." The violence reached its peak in 1985 with 1,282 military and police deaths and 1,362 civilian deaths.