SC justices set July 4 vote on martial law

The Supreme Court (SC) en banc will vote on July 4 on petitions seeking to junk President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law declaration in Mindanao.

The vote will be ahead of the 30-day period within which the high court must decide on petitions against the martial law declaration, which falls on July 5; as well as the end of the maximum 60-day duration of martial law under the Constitution, which falls on July 22.