CONGRESS voted to grant President Rodrigo Dutere’s request to extend martial law in Mindanao and suspend the privilege of habeas corpus until the end of 2018.

A total of 240 lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives affirmed Resolution 13 extending martial law from January 1 to December 31, 2018.

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