Security officials to issue recommendationThe government is confident the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. During the “Mindanao Hour” news briefing on Monday, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana insisted there was sufficient basis for the martial law proclamation. “I, for one, am very confident that the Supreme Court will rule on the legality of martial law. I was there, I and [Armed Forces chief] Gen. [Eduardo] Año briefed them, the Supreme Court en banc. We don’t have yet the necessary information to recommend the continuation or not of martial law,” he said.

Source: Manila Times July 03, 2017 16:33 UTC