{"id":139053,"date":"2017-12-14T03:57:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T08:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=139053"},"modified":"2017-12-14T03:57:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T08:57:02","slug":"maranao-official-ml-extension-approval-lacks-civilian-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/14\/maranao-official-ml-extension-approval-lacks-civilian-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Maranao official: ML extension approval lacks civilian voices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Samira Gutoc (Photo<\/a>: Samira Gutoc\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ranao Rescue Team Head Samira Gutoc said that they were not informed of the schedule of the joint hearing on the extension of the martial law extension in Mindanao, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we actually would protest the martial law hearing yesterday on the technicality, the absence of civilian voices,\u201d Gutoc said in an interview with ANC.<\/p>\n

She revealed in the same interview that they were taken aback with the scheduled joint hearing since they were not informed. They were, however, invited last July 22 during the hearing for the first extension.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hurt so much yesterday. There was no calling of any evacuee affected by martial law. That\u2019s a technicality that we should question,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

According to Gutoc, none of the ten resource persons was a civilian and that \u201cthey did not even give value to a so-called martial law beneficiary or martial law victim.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy wasn’t there 30 seconds given in the floor, and you’re talking of an extraordinary legislation of extraordinary powers to arrest certain people, detain certain people?\u201d she questioned.<\/p>\n

The Maranao official also opened the topic of lootings, questioning why the discussion did not have investigations on such a \u201cthematic concern\u201d when a video circulated on Facebook of supposed government forces trespassing properties then depositing laptops and jewelry through courier company LBC Express.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a big vacancy in the discussions yesterday. I think technicality should be looked by the Secretary-General of Congress,\u201d she said adding that there were no position papers from their legislators, in Marawi and Lanao Del Sur who oppose martial law.<\/p>\n

On her Facebook account, Gutoc also wrote: \u201cHow can you decide to extend martial law with only defenders of martial law and not hearing its victims?\u201d<\/p>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte requested the Congress for an extension of the military rule after hearing the sides of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on \u201cincreasing\u201d terrorist activities in the southern region.<\/p>\n

The Maute fighters\u2019 attack in battle-torn Marawi City in May prompted the President to declare martial law in Mindanao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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