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(Eagle News) — Naglabas ng resolution ang Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) ng Zamboanga Sibugay upang ipakita ang kanilang suporta sa pagpapalawig ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ayon kay Zamboanga Sibugay Governor at PPOC Chairman Wilter Yap Palma, sinusuportahan niya ang extension ng batas militar dahil sa positibong idinudulot nito lalo na sa peace and order sa kanilang lalawigan. Paliwanag pa ni Palma, iba naman ang umiiral na batas militar ngayon kung ikukumpara sa […]
(Eagle News) — The 17th Congress on Wednesday, Dec. 12, voted to extend martial law in Mindanao for a third time. Two hundred thirty five lawmakers voted for the extension, 28 against it, and one abstained. Among the senators, 12 senators–Senate President Tito Sotto, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senators Gringo Honasan, Ping Lacson, Richard Gordon, Cynthia Villar, Grace Poe, Koko Pimentel, JV Ejercito, Sonny Angara, Sherwin Gatchalian and Manny Pacquiao–voted for the extension […]
Our own terms as lawmakers will expire before, in June 2019, Escudero explains (Eagle News) — Senator Francis Escudero on Wednesday, Dec. 12, questioned the legality of the 17th Congress voting for a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao, or up to December 2019, even when some of the members’ terms were set to expire months before, or in June of that year. “Maaari ba talaga tayong magbigay ng extension ng one year samantalang […]
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 […]
Palace says martial law still needed because of “subsisting rebellion” in region (Eagle News) — Congress convened in a joint session on Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss whether to extend martial law in Mindanao, which expires on Dec. 31, anew. In seeking for the martial law extension for a third time, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea cited a “subsisting rebellion” in the region despite what he said were the “substantial gains” accomplished while martial law was […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants Congress to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019 as the previous extension for martial law is about to end this month. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed that President Duterte has already approved the recommendation of the military and the police to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year. The previous extension of martial law in the South will end by December 31, 2018. […]
(Eagle News) — The passage of the proposed P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget will be derailed if a joint session on the proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao pushes through on Wednesday, Dec. 12, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Friday, Dec. 7. “That will delay the budget schedule because we start 10 in the morning everyday. Definitely it will delay because we have to travel siyempre pupunta kami sa Kongreso para sa joint session dahil […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto on Friday, Dec. 7, said President Rodrigo might call for a joint session of Congress for another extension of martial law in Mindanao. According to Sotto, the President sent him a message, “saying he might call for it on Wednesday, December 12.” “But nothing is concrete until I receive his letter,” Sotto said. According to Sotto, the Armed Forces of the Philippines will give senators a briefing on […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Tuesday, Dec. 4, urged the military to back up its recommendation to extend martial law in Mindanao for a third time with “hard and justifiable facts,” even as he expressed fears about such an extension in the first place. In a statement, Pangilinan said prolonging martial law in Mindanao for a third time could “affect the campaigning of opposition candidates and those not allied with the administration.” He added […]
(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)—The Palace on Monday, Nov. 26, defended Memorandum Order No. 32 from critics, saying it was not a prelude to martial law. “We repeatedly said, if there is any intention, then it should have been declared. But there is none,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, the memorandum was issued in the first place to ensure transparency. In response to Senator Panfilo Lacson’s question about why the President had to issue the […]
(Eagle News)–Even without a memorandum order, President Rodrigo Duterte can order the deployment of additional troops to other areas. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson in a radio interview on Sunday, Nov. 25. “…Even the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, upon the instruction of the President being the commander-in-chief, puwede naman silang mag-deploy talaga, kaya nga tinawag na mobile forces e,” Lacson said. According to Lacson, under the Constitution, “kapag may nakita talagang […]
