President Rodrigo Duterte has no plans to declare martial law nationwide amid growing protests against his administration’s war on drugs, alleged extrajudicial killings, and military rule in Mindanao, Malacañang said on Thursday.
In a television interview, Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella said Duterte declared Thursday as a national day of protest to allow the people to express their grievances as part of their constitutional rights.
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