Nationwide martial law declaration unlikely unless communists take rebellion to streets--Lorenzana

A NATIONWIDE declaration of martial law is unlikely, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday, as he sought to allay public fears over President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement about not thinking twice to issue a proclamation if the communists would take their rebellion to the streets.

“The President has said it before. If the Left will try to have a massive protest, burn things on the streets, disrupt the country, then he might [declare martial law]. But as to my estimates, it is a very remote possibility,” Lorenzana said.