President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he had yet to decide whether or not he would push for another extension of martial law in Mindanao. “The papers have not yet been submitted to me,” Duterte told reporters in an interview in Malacañang. Duterte made the announcement after Gen. Carlito Galvez, chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said the military would want another one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. I am not aware of the nitty-gritty happenings all over the country.”Duterte declared on May 23, 2017 the whole Mindanao region under martial law after the Islamic State-inspired Maute Group laid siege on Marawi City. In December 2017, Congress approved the one-year extension of martial law, which would expire on Dec. 31, 2018.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 03, 2018 12:00 UTC