{"id":225895,"date":"2019-08-06T19:37:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T23:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=225895"},"modified":"2019-08-06T19:37:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T23:37:06","slug":"i-will-never-declare-martial-law-except-in-mindanao-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/06\/i-will-never-declare-martial-law-except-in-mindanao-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I will never declare martial law, except in Mindanao\u2019: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the inauguration of the Candon City Bypass Road in Ilocos Sur on July 25, 2019. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte said he has no intention of declaring martial law in Negros Island despite the spate of killings there.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us make it clear. I will never declare martial law except in Mindanao,\u201d Duterte said in his speech during the mass oath-taking of newly elected city and barangay officials in Malaca\u00f1an Palace.<\/p>\n

Duterte, however, said he has to impose drastic action like deploying more soldiers to quell lawless violence in Negros.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a ruckus there in Negros.\u00a0Ang sinabi kong<\/em>\u00a0(What I said) drastic action was that\u00a0punuin ko ng sundalo<\/em>\u00a0(I will deploy more soldiers) just like Jolo. I have one division,\u00a0tapos magpadala pa ako ng dagdag<\/em>\u00a0(then I will deploy more). You know, life is not really that good, that comfortable, especially with so many military around and so many checkpoints,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will never be a time that I will declare martial law. What I said was that I would take drastic action. Martial law\u00a0pati kung lagyan mo lang ng mga tropa diyan<\/em>\u00a0(if you add troops there) is the same,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte downplayed the declaration of martial law as \u201cjust a proclamation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has nothing to do with\u2026you do not go after innocent people. Martial law, you go after the lawless elements. So why do you have to declare it? Why do I have to tell Congress?\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He, however, said he may opt to declare \u201canother thing\u201d but did not elaborate what he meant.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, if it is really something which\u00a0gumaganon ang bayan<\/em>\u00a0(will create ruckus in the country) well I might declare another thing and that is for you to guess what would it be,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Duterte defended anew his decision to impose martial law in Mindanao following attacks launched by the ISIS-inspired Maute Group in Marawi City in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalagang kailangan<\/em>\u00a0(There is really a need), because there was already a rebellion,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember that ruckus in Marawi started not as an open rebellion to say that they are separating from the Republic. It was none of that. It took place because the police were there to serve a warrant of arrest in connection with a drug case. It was only drugs,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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