House ready to extend martial law if Duterte wants it

THE House of Representatives is willing to extend martial law in Mindanao if President Rodrigo Duterte wants it, a leader at the House of Representatives said on Thursday.

“The declaration of martial Law is the call of the Executive. The President declares or extends [it], [and] Congress concurs.  If the President will ask for it, then it will be given,” said Majority Leader Rolando Andaya, Jr. of Camarines Sur.