The Supreme Court, voting 11-3-1, has declared President Rodrigo Duterte's Proclamation No. 216 or "Declaring a state of martial law and suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the whole of Mindanao” constitutional.
In a report leaked to the Manila Times from the en banc deliberations of the high court on Tuesday, 11 justices, led by its ponente (author), Justice Mariano del Castillo, ruled that there was sufficient factual basis for Duterte's proclamation.
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