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Tag: No to Martial Law
Yes to a time-bound deployment of the state armed forces without violating civil liberties,
for the purpose of crushing the
Maute Group (the exercise of the “calling-out” powers of the Commander-in-chief) …
No to Martial Law
Now Playing: “State of the Nation”…
this blog has a self-imposed vow of silence
until 10:01pm tonight
(ba’t ka nagpapa
tugtog?…
kasi i’m working — day job)
Developments so far,
based on news reports:
1)from all media organizations: a copy of
Proclamation Number 216 declaring martial law was provided the office of the speaker of the house of representatives by the records keeper of MalacaÑang, as follows (embedded copy) below;
2)Speaker Alvarez said he was not inclined to convene the House;
3)Sen. Chiz Escudero (via DZBB) said convening Congress was not necessary since they have not received any motion or resolution revoking or seeking to revoke the declaration of martial law
Speaker Bebot Alvarez of the Lower House and the legal advisers of the President think that they can voluntarily waive for the entire Congress, (for both Houses) the constitutional mandate of oversight function over the declaration of martial law by simply not convening tomorrow or on Friday. Embedded is the official electronic communication from the Office of the Speaker of the House to Rep. Rudy Fariñas as forwarded by the staff of Rep. Fariñas to him, as tweeted and posted by rapplerdotcom:
“(To) Rep. Rudy Fariñas
“ADVISORY
“From Ken Shaw the EA (executive assistant) of the Speaker
“Boss, as per Speaker – Malacañang will send their report to Congress in writing. ty
“Thusly, there will be no need for us to convene tomorrow or on Friday. See you on Monday, except for those who will attend Committee hearings on Friday.
Thanks and PLEASE STAY SAFE.”
Let us allow them to do this first: Let us allow them not to convene the Lower House tomorrow. (these boys want to play games with the Constitution. Go ahead. Don’t convene tomorrow).
will provide here a textual and contextual analysis of the pertinent constitutional provision and the legal effects of not convening tomorrow after 10pm.(hintayin kong gawin muna nila yan).
