PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will not certify as urgent the extension of the proposed law seeking to extend the validity of the special powers to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic in the country, Malacañang said on Thursday.

"We wish to announce that Malacañang will NOT certify as urgent the extension of the Bayanihan We Heal as One Act, for now," Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said in a statement, without elaborating.

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