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(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday, Dec. 4, said he has recommended no further extension of martial law in Mindanao to President Rodrigo Duterte. Lorenzana said the recommendation was based on the assessment of the military and the police. Mindanao was placed under martial law in May 2017, after Maute terrorists overran Marawi in a supposed bid to establish an Islamic caliphate in Southeast Asia. Martial law in the island group was extended three […]
(Eagle News)–The military will recommend the extension of martial law only in selected areas in Mindanao. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Noel Clement made the confirmation after his confirmation hearing before the Commission on Appointments. “But as we see it right now, the current security situation in Mindanao has improved a lot,” Clement told Senator Risa Hontiveros under questioning. Earlier, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said they were only waiting for the […]
(Eagle News) — Tiwala si Solicitor General Jose Calida na papanig muli ang Korte Suprema sa kanila upang tuluyang katigan ang pagpapalawig ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ito ang paninindigan ng SolGen sa pagsisimula ng oral arguments sa Korte Suprema nitong Martes, Enero 29 tungkol sa mga petisyon na kumokontra sa ekstesyon ng martila law sa Mindanao. Walang bagong argumento sa halip kapareho lang aniya ng mga naunang batikos ng mga tutol sa batas militar […]
(Eagle New) — Isa pang petisyon ang inihain sa Korte Suprema na kumokontra sa pagpapalawig ng batas militar sa Mindanao. Sa naturang petisyon ng mga Lumad teacher sa kataas-taasang hukuman, nais nilang muling ipa-repaso ang tinatawag na sufficiency of the factual basis sa martial law extension sa Mindanao. Ayon sa abogado ng grupo na si Atty. Jose Manuel Diokno, walang nagaganap na rebelyon at invasion o pananakop sa Mindanao na siyang batayan upang magdeklara ng […]
(Eagle News) — Pitong araw ang ibinigay ng Supreme Court sa Office of the Solicitor General upang isumite ang kanilang komento sa hiling na temporary restraining order ng Makabayan Bloc sa Korte Suprema noong Enero 4 sa pangungunguna ni Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman sa martilal law extention sa Mindanao. Paliwanag ni Supreme Court Spokesperson Midas Marquez, SolGen ang magbibigay ng komento sa petition ng mga kongresistang tutol sa martila law extention sa Mindanao dahil ang […]
It’s unconstitutional, they say (Eagle News) — Some opposition lawmakers thumbed down the idea of extending martial law in Mindanao for a third time, calling the same “unconstitutional.” During the joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Dec. 12, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the four grounds which President Rodrigo Duterte had cited in his Dec. 6 letter calling on Congress to allow the third extension did not mention an “actual rebellion” taking place in […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon has said he was likely to support a third extension of martial law in Mindanao after the military gave senators updates on the situation there in an executive session. According to Gordon, in the first place, he wants to ensure the complete rehabilitation of Marawi, which was overran by terrorists in May last year. “I don’t hear an outcry in Mindanao na nahihirapan kami diyan. In fact, sabi nga […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 3, said he had yet to decide on whether to extend martial law in Mindanao for a third time. Duterte told reporters this would depend on the recommendation made by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police. Earlier, outgoing AFP Chief of Staff Carlito Galvez Jr. said they would recommend another extension, noting what he said was the public clamor for the same. He […]
(Eagle News) — If President Rodrigo Duterte asks for an extension of martial law in Mindanao, “it shall be given.” This is according to House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., following statements from the Palace extending the same was an option after the bombing in Sultan Kudarat that killed at least three people. “The declaration of martial law is the call of the executive. The President declares or extends, Congress concurs,” he said. He added, however, […]
(Eagle News) — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Wednesday, Aug. 25, said the decision to extend martial law in Mindanao following the deadly blast in Sultan Kudarat was left to the military, the police and Malacanang. “We follow the decision of the OP (Office of the President), AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines and PNP (Philippine National Police) because they are better informed by the intelligence units on the need to extend martial law […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Monday filed a petition challenging the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao before the Supreme Court. The petition is the second filed since the extension was granted by Congress, upon the request of President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte had cited existing threats in seeking for the extension. In asking the Supreme Court to declare the extension “null and void,” the NUPL argued that such […]
(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said the “main targets” of the one-year extension of martial law by Congress are his group and the New People’s Army. In a statement, Sison said, however, that “the (Duterte) regime overestimates the capability of (the CPP-NPA’s) total armed strength of 170,000 in an archipelago of 115,000 square miles.” “It exaggerates the psychological impact of terror tactics under martial rule and the effectiveness […]
