MGA BOSS MA WALANG GALANG NA PO.. ANU PO MASASABI NYO TUNGKOL SA MARTIAL LAW DITO SA MINDANAO????
President Rodrigo Duterte has placed Mindanao under martial law, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said late Tuesday night.
Speaking in a joint press briefing in Moscow, Russia along with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Abella said the President made the declaration at 10 p.m., Manila time, in connection with the clashes between government forces and terrorist groups in Marawi City which erupted Tuesday afternoon.
"(Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra) has clarified that this was possible on the grounds of existence of rebellion because of what is happening in Mindanao based on Article 7, Section 18 of the Constitution. This is good for 60 days," Abella said.
For his part, Lorenzana said although the current armed conflict was only confined in Marawi City, the President decided to declare martial law all over Mindanao since there were also security problems in nearby areas like in Sulu, Zamboanga peninsula, Central Mindanao and the Davao Region.
President Duterte said in his previous speeches that once he declares martial law in Mindanao, he would want to solve all of the security problems there, once and for all.
Lorenzana said the declaration of martial law will help the government control the terrorists' movements.
"Lahat ng gagawin na dapat gawin sa martial law (Everything that needs to be done during the martial law), we will implement. Control of movement, searches and arrest of detained people for suspension of writ of habeas corpus," he said, adding details will follow in the next days.
President Rodrigo Duterte has placed Mindanao under martial law, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said late Tuesday night.
Speaking in a joint press briefing in Moscow, Russia along with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Abella said the President made the declaration at 10 p.m., Manila time, in connection with the clashes between government forces and terrorist groups in Marawi City which erupted Tuesday afternoon.
"(Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra) has clarified that this was possible on the grounds of existence of rebellion because of what is happening in Mindanao based on Article 7, Section 18 of the Constitution. This is good for 60 days," Abella said.
For his part, Lorenzana said although the current armed conflict was only confined in Marawi City, the President decided to declare martial law all over Mindanao since there were also security problems in nearby areas like in Sulu, Zamboanga peninsula, Central Mindanao and the Davao Region.
President Duterte said in his previous speeches that once he declares martial law in Mindanao, he would want to solve all of the security problems there, once and for all.
Lorenzana said the declaration of martial law will help the government control the terrorists' movements.
"Lahat ng gagawin na dapat gawin sa martial law (Everything that needs to be done during the martial law), we will implement. Control of movement, searches and arrest of detained people for suspension of writ of habeas corpus," he said, adding details will follow in the next days.