MANILA - The Philippine Congress approved a 12-month extension of martial law in the restive Mindanao region on Wednesday (Dec 12), after President Rodrigo Duterte argued for maintaining tough security measures to stop Muslim extremists from regrouping.
A joint legislative session voted 235-28 in favour of retaining military rule in Mindanao until the end of next year, prolonging what was already the country's longest period of martial law since the brutal 1970s era of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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