PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte needs to seek once again the approval of Congress if he wants to extend martial law in Mindanao, which will end on December 31, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Sunday.

Drilon said the Constitution requires that a request for extension of martial law must be formally sent by the President to both the Senate and the House of Representatives, which have the authority to grant it.

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