Government lawyers on Monday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss petitions that pray for the junking of President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law declaration in Mindanao.

In a 45-page comment filed before the SC, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) pleaded that the three consolidated petitions questioning the legality of Proclamation 216 be thrown out for lack of merit.

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