Fariñas warns of deadlock if Congress votes separately on martial law extension

Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas at the House of Representatives said that there would be a deadlock if the Senate and House would vote separately on President Rodrigo Duterte's request for an extension of martial law in Mindanao, and that the Constitution was "very clear" on the matter.

"If the two Houses of Congress vote separately in revoking or extending the proclamation of Martial Law, I am almost certain that the Supreme Court will rule such unconstitutional," Fariñas said on Friday.