“They are just ‘anti-Duterte,’” was how Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III dismissed on Monday the opposition lawmakers’ bid to derail the martial law declaration in Mindanao. 216 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte, imposing martial law and suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao. READ: Independent minority bloc assails Duterte’s martial law before SCADVERTISEMENT“Well, obviously now they are wrong. Duterte placed the entire Mindanao under martial law last May 23 after the ISIS-inspired Maute group besieged Marawi City in Lanao del Sur. Sotto was among the 17 senators who backed Duterte’s martial law declaration in the southern region.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 05, 2017 04:30 UTC