TWO senators who voted for the extension of martial law in Mindanao said on Sunday that they were willing to support any move to revoke if there would be abuses on the part of authorities or if the situation in the south would normalize before yearend.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto 3rd said Congress has the power to end martial law earlier than December 31 if they would see the need for it but doubted whether President Rodrigo Duterte himself would allow martial law to continue if there would no longer be a need for it.
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