Martial Law extension in Mindanao approved for a year.
MARTIAL LAW – The majority of members of Congress approved the Martial Law extension in Mindanao as per the request of President Rodrigo Duterte.
According to a report from The Philippine Star, the majority of the members of the Congress only took a half a day to approve the request of the president to extend the Martial Law in Mindanao until Dec. 31, 2018.
The senate voted 14-4 while the House voted 226-23 in favor of the declaration of the Martial Law for another year.
Accordingly, the president’s letter to the Congress has indicated “continuing threats of ISIS-inspired terrorists, local terrorists groups and the New People’s Army in seeking an extension for the declaration.”
Upon Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s recommendation, the request is to “ensure total eradication of DAESH-Inspired Da’awatul islamiyah Waliyatui Masriq (DIWM), other like-minded Local/Foreign Terrorist Groups (L/FTGs) and Armed Lawless Groups (ALGs), and the communist terrorists (CTs) and their coddlers, supporters, and financiers.”
And to those who opposed the extension of the already extended law, they said that it has “no basis in the 1987 Constitution and can lead to more human rights violations in Mindanao.”
Source: The Philstar
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