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(Eagle News) — All four petitions questioning the constitutionality of the one-year declaration of martial law in Mindanao have been consolidated. The Supreme Court Public Information office said in an advisory that all petitions would be tackled during oral arguments scheduled on January 16, at 2 p.m. and January 17, at 10 a.m. The four petitions were filed by the Makabayan bloc, militant groups, former Commission on Human Rights Chair Etta Rosales and the group led by former Commission […]
(Eagle News)– A fourth petition questioning the constitutionality of the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao has been filed before the Supreme Court. The group led by Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao and former Commission on Elections chairman Christian Monsod said the approval of Congress of the declaration was “unwarranted and unjustified” given the absence of “actual rebellion” as required for such a declaration in the Constitution. They said the claims of the supporters […]
(Eagle News) — Citing technicalities supposedly committed and other supposedly legal grounds, Solicitor General Jose Calida on Monday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the first petition against the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. In his comment filed before the High Court, Calida said that in the first place, the group led by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman “committed a terrible blunder” when they did not attach in their SC petition challenging the extension the joint […]
(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) — The Court of Appeals has affirmed its earlier decision rejecting the enforcement of a Hawaii court’s judgment that awarded almost $2 billion in damages to martial law claimants. In its ruling, the CA’s Former Twelfth Division said there was “no new or substantial matter” raised by petitioners former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales, Hilda Narciso, Priscilla Mijares, Mariano Dimaranan, and director Joel Lamangan that warrants a reversal of its July 7, 2017 decision. […]
(Eagle News)– The Supreme Court has asked several members of Congress and Cabinet members to respond to a petition questioning the constitutionality of the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. This was after the High Court said in a December 29 resolution that the petition filed by members of the so-called Magnificent 7 in the House of Representatives “appears to be sufficient in form and substance.” Asked to comment “within a nonextendible period of 10 […]
(Eagle News) — Opposition lawmakers belonging to the “Magnificent 7” bloc on Wednesday, December 27, filed a petition before the Supreme Court asking it to stop the implementation of the full-year extension of martial law in Mindanao, questioning its constitutionality. In a 29-page petition, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman led other opposition lawmakers in seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the high court or a writ of preliminary injunction to stop the implementation of […]
(Eagle News) — Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Rey Guerrero dismissed critics’ claims of a declaration of martial law nationwide, saying these were only “speculative.” “I will not dare to venture into such topic considering, not only because it’s speculative, but because it’s too early, it’s too far in the future for me to project,” Guerrero added. He said as of now, the focus should be Mindanao. “It was mentioned in Congress […]
(Eagle News) — We don’t believe martial law is needed but we respect the “prerogative” of the President to request for such. The Commission on Human Rights had this to say after Congress voted to extend martial law in Mindanao for one more year, thereby approving the proposal for the same of President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, the CHR said, however, that there was a “need to address accounts of human rights violations on […]
(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 […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Buo ang suporta ng Philippine National Police sa pagpapalawig pa ng martial law sa Mindanao sa loob ng isang taon. Nito lamang Miyerkules, Diyembre 13, ay inaprubahan na ng Kongreso ang hiling ng Pangulo kaugnay ng martial law extension. Para sa PNP, malaking tulong daw ito sa para pigilan ang anumang banta ng terorismo sa Mindanao at iba pang bahagi ng bansa. “The threat […]
(Eagle News) — Congress on Wednesday voted to approve President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal for a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. The approval pushed through with a vote of 14-4-0 in the Senate, and a vote of 226-23-0 in the House of Representatives, with joint results of 240-27-0. The four senators who voted against the 1-year martial law extension were Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros and Francis Pangilinan. The votes of Senators Cynthia […]
