Surigao Del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said he hopes the declaration of martial law would restore peace and order in Mindanao. READ: Militant solons oppose Duterte’s martial law declarationSpeaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Duterte’s closest ally in Congress, said there is basis for the chief executive to declare martial law to quell the rebellion in the Mindanao region. I fully believe na talagang may basehan yung pagdeklara ng martial law (that there is basis for the declaration of martial law),” Alvarez said in an ambush interview on Wednesday. Congress would then approve or revoke the martial law declaration in a majority vote of its members. “Martial law is martial law.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 24, 2017 11:26 UTC