Reds: Maute linked to AFPResponding to martial law in the south, the CPP ordered its armed wing, the NPA, to conduct more offensives as their way of resisting the martial law declaration of the President. But Duterte on Wednesday assured the public that there would be no abuses in the implementation of martial law in Mindanao. “Absent any nationwide rebellion or invasion, we will vigorously oppose a nationwide martial law declaration,” Pangilinan said in a statement. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, also of LP, likewise sees no reason why Luzon and the Visayas should be placed under martial law. De Lima also claimed the President was using martial law as an excuse to plant the foundations of authoritarian rule.

Source: Manila Times May 25, 2017 15:56 UTC