PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he won’t lift martial law in Mindanao before his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24, as the situation in conflict-torn Marawi City remained critical.

The 60-day period of martial rule in the south will end on July 22, two days before he delivers his second SONA.

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