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Petition at SC vs martial law cites AFP intel report “Only in the Philippines does rebellion exist without a single rebel.” Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, a member of the opposition in the House of Representatives, said this yesterday as he countered President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that “rebellion persists in Mindanao” to justify the third extension…

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January 7, 2019

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Petition at SC vs martial law cites AFP intel report

“Only in the Philippines does rebellion exist without a single rebel.”

Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, a member of the opposition in the House of Representatives, said this yesterday as he countered President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that “rebellion persists in Mindanao” to justify the third extension of Proclamation No. 216 that imposed martial law over the island.

Lagman said Duterte’s claim was repudiated in a report by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

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