Critics of the government were called terrorists. (Even Taylor Swift called for the Junk Anti-Terror Bill.)
I was in highschool when we had the authoritarian Duterte as our leader. I participated in protests as an artist for human rights.
We had things worse: Duterte declared Martial Law, and implemented War on Drugs which resulted in many unjust extrajudicial killings. A relative and acquaintances of mine were victims.
We also had bomb threats in school campuses.
