Senate President Aquili** â??Kokoâ?* Pimentel III on Monday defended President Rodrigo Duterte from critics, saying he did **t violate the law by making remarks about defying the Supreme Court (SC) and Congress on martial law. â??Pag mga future [na pangyayari], tsaka na tayo mag-react; pag tunay na nangyari,â?* Pimentel said when asked by reporters to comment on Duterteâ??s statement over the weekend. â??[Sa] pagsasalita siguro, hindi nag-va-violate pa,â?* Pimentel, also a lawyer and a close ally of Duterte, added. â??We are alarmed; but we donâ??t need to act,â?* he further said. Duterte earlier vowed to defy Congress and SC amid the imposition of martial law in Mindanao. Duterte placed Mindanao under martial law last week, following the attacks of the ISIS-inspired Maute group in Marawi City. Article VII, Section 18 of the Constitution states Congress may revoke the proclamation â??voting jointly, by a vote of at least a majority of all its members in regular or special session.â?* The SC can also rule on martial law's legality if a case is filed before it, but Duterte said the judges would **t understand the situation. "The Supreme Court will say they will examine into the factual [basis]. Why, I don't k**w. They are **t soldiers. They do **t k**w what is happening on the ground," Duterte said Saturday in Jolo. â?? Kathrina Charmaine Alvarez/RSJ, GMA News
05-31-2017, 09:44 AM
‘Alarmed, but ** need to act’
Senate President Aquili** â??Kokoâ?* Pimentel III on Monday defended President Rodrigo Duterte from critics, saying he did **t violate the law by making remarks about defying the Supreme Court (SC) and Congress on martial law. â??Pag mga future [na pangyayari], tsaka na tayo mag-react; pag tunay na nangyari,â?* Pimentel said when asked by reporters to comment on Duterteâ??s statement over the weekend. â??[Sa] pagsasalita siguro, hindi nag-va-violate pa,â?* Pimentel, also a lawyer and a close ally of Duterte, added. â??We are alarmed; but we donâ??t need to act,â?* he further said. Duterte earlier vowed to defy Congress and SC amid the imposition of martial law in Mindanao. Duterte placed Mindanao under martial law last week, following the attacks of the ISIS-inspired Maute group in Marawi City. Article VII, Section 18 of the Constitution states Congress may revoke the proclamation â??voting jointly, by a vote of at least a majority of all its members in regular or special session.â?* The SC can also rule on martial law's legality if a case is filed before it, but Duterte said the judges would **t understand the situation. "The Supreme Court will say they will examine into the factual [basis]. Why, I don't k**w. They are **t soldiers. They do **t k**w what is happening on the ground," Duterte said Saturday in Jolo. â?? Kathrina Charmaine Alvarez/RSJ, GMA News
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