{"id":30502,"date":"2017-05-24T05:37:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T05:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=30502"},"modified":"2017-05-24T05:37:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T05:37:29","slug":"mindanao-martial-law-last-year-warns-philippine-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/mindanao-martial-law-last-year-warns-philippine-president.html","title":{"rendered":"Mindanao martial law could last a year, warns Philippine president"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMindanao martial law could last a year, warns Philippine president<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tThe violence on the southern island has left three members of the security forces dead, officials say.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMr Duterte earlier declared martial law for 60 days on Mindanao, where Muslim rebel groups are seeking autonomy.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSome of the groups, such as the Maute, have pledged allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter announcing martial law on Tuesday, President Duterte, a Mindanao native, warned that he would be harsh in dealing with terrorism.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"If it would take a year to do it, then we'll do it. If it's over within a month, then I would be happy," he said in a video posted online by the government.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMr Duterte had to cut short his visit to Russia to deal with the violence.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring his talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he also said the Philippines needed more modern weapons to fight IS militants and other militant groups.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMartial law allows the use of the military to enforce order and the detention of people without charge for long periods.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Philippine constitution says a president can only declare martial law for 60 days to stop an invasion or a rebellion.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tParliament can revoke the measure within 48 hours while the Supreme Court can review its legality.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is only the second time martial law has been declared since the fall in 1986 of President Ferdinand Marcos.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDeep-rooted conflict<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe violence in Marawi, a city of about 200,000 people in Mindanao, erupted on Tuesday as the army searched for the leader of a militant group that had pledged allegiance to IS, the military said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDefence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana identified the militants as members of the Maute group. They had occupied a hospital and a jail, and burnt down buildings including a church, he added.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMarawi is about 800km (500 miles) south of the capital Manila.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMr Duterte had promised that finding a lasting peace on the island would be a top priority on his administration.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBut the conflict is complex and deep-rooted, the BBC's Jonathan Head reports.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSolutions have eluded previous governments, and it is not clear that President Duterte's reliance on martial law will prove any more successful, our correspondent says.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-40024120<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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