Alvarez on Saturday said he would push in the House an “extension of martial law in Mindanao until 2022, because two months is too short.”The lifting or extension of martial law is a “political decision,” Padilla said. Just an opinionAbella also said Alvarez had clarified that his proposal for a five-year extension of martial law was his own opinion. Not good for businessMuntinlupa Rep. Rozzano Rufino Biazon and Kabayan Rep. Harry Roque Jr. said on Monday that too much martial law was not good for business. “Martial law, even if warranted, even if there is factual basis for it, is never good for the country. A continuing declaration of martial law is an admission to the entire world community that there is rebellion or invasion in the Philippines,” Roque said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 10, 2017 08:20 UTC