THE Supreme Court on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to uphold the declaration of martial law in Mindanao to crush Islamic State (IS)-linked terrorists in a decisive legal victory for President Rodrigo Duterte over the opposition.
Eleven justices sided with Duterte, three agreed with martial law within a limited area, and only one dissented during an en banc (full court) session, as predicted by The Manila Times.
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