Congress needs to hold a joint session because the reasons given by President Rodrigo Duterte in his report to the legislature justifying his decision to place Mindanao under martial law were not enough, opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros said on Friday.

According to the senator, the reasons enumerated by President Duterte were shallow and unresponsive.

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