Malacañang insisted on Tuesday that President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to arrest ‘tambays’ (loiterers) is not a prelude to martial law.

Palace spokesman Harry Roque, Jr. said the President saw “no reason yet” to declare martial law nationwide.

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