Not even the Supreme Court (SC) can compel the House of Representatives and the Senate to convene in a joint session to discuss the merits or lack of them of martial law, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte said on Thursday.
Alvarez was responding to a move of at least 300 lawyers, led by former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, who filed a petition asking the SC to tell Congress to hold a joint session on the declaration of martial law and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao because of terrorist attacks led by Islamic State ally Maute Group.
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