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Martial law in Mindanao to end Dec. 31 as Duterte rejects extension @ 2019-12-10T16: 返回 熱門新聞
關鍵詞:to end Duterte to martial law in Mindanao
概念:
LAST MONTH, DEFENSE SECRETARY DELFIN LORENZANA SAID HE WAS NO LONGER INCLINED TO RECOMMEND ANOTHER EXTENSION OF MARTIAL RULE IN MINDANAO AND CALLED INSTEAD FOR A TOUGHER ANTI-TERRORISM LAW.
CONGRESS HAS SINCE GRANTED DUTERTE"S SUBSEQUENT TWO REQUESTS TO EXTEND MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO IN ORDER TO QUELL INSURGENT FORCES.
ANO, AS MILITARY CHIEF AT THE TIME, WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO. THE DECLARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN FIERCELY CONTESTED BY THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION"S CRITICS, CALLING IT TOO EXTREME AND THAT IT WOULD ONLY LEAD TO MILITARY ABUSES REMINISCENT OF MARCOS MARTIAL LAW.
THE SIEGE OF MARAWI CITY BY THE ISLAMIC STATE (ISIS) AFFILIATE MAUTE TERROR GROUP IN MAY 2017 PROMPTED PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE TO PLACE ALL OF MINDANAO UNDER MARTIAL LAW. SINCE THEN, THE DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT KEPT RECOMMENDING THE MEASURE』S EXTENSION EVEN AFTER THE SIEGE ENDED IN OCTOBER THAT YEAR, CITING THREATS FROM TERRORISTS AND COMMUNIST INSURGENTS.
"PRESIDENT DUTERTE'S TYRANNY IN MINDANAO HAS CAUSED ALARMING CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND WORSENING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. MINDANAONS' DISAPPROVAL OF HIS FASCIST MEASURES IS REFLECTED IN THE DROP IN HIS TRUST RATINGS IN MINDANAO BASED ON A SWS SURVEY CONDUCTED IN DECEMBER 2018 COINCIDING WITH THE HEARING OF THE EXTENSION OF MARTIAL LAW," THE GROUP ALSO SAYS.
PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY DELFIN LORENZANA HAS FORMALLY RECOMMENDED LIFTING MARTIAL LAW IN THE RESTIVE REGION OF MINDANAO AFTER NEARLY THREE YEARS, RAPPLER REPORTED DEC. 4....
ACCORDING TO LORENZANA, IN TODAY’S SITUATION IN MINDANAO, IT IS EASIER TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND ORDER.
MOUNTAINS DESTROYED BY MINING OPERATIONS LOOM LARGE FROM A MINING COMPANY’S BASE CAMP IN SURIGAO DEL SUR. MINDANAO HAS BECOME THE COUNTRY』S HOTSPOT FOR MURDERS OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS, ACCOUNTING FOR 67% OF THE TOTAL KILLED IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 2017 (48 DEATHS) AND A THIRD IN 2018, GLOBAL WITNESS POINTED OUT. MINDANEWS PHOTO BY BONG S. SARMIENTO
「OUR SECURITY FORCES HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN ATTAINED AND PREVAILING CONDITIONS IN THE WHOLE OF MINDANAO ISLAND AS WELL AS THE ISLANDS OF BASILAN, SULU AND TAWI-TAWI HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED SINCE THE DEFEAT OF THE MAUTE FIGHTERS IN OCTOBER 2017,」 LORENZANA SAID IN A STATEMENT ISSUED WEDNESDAY.
BOTH PARTIES WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE UP THE CEASEFIRE AND COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS (CASER) IN THE FIFTH ROUND SCHEDULED ON MAY 27 TO JUNE 2, 2017 IN THE NETHERLANDS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT PANEL DID NOT PARTICIPATE 「FOR LACK OF COMPELLING REASON,」 DUE TO THE NDF』S INSTRUCTION TO NPA UNITS TO INTENSIFY OFFENSIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT DUTERTE』S DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO ON MAY 23 THAT YEAR.
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THEY ALSO HAILED NDF CHIEF POLITICAL CONSULTANT JOSE MA. SISON FOR WORKING TIRELESSLY TO RESUME THE SCRAPPED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS EVEN AS THE HAWKISH WING OF THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION HAS INSISTED ON A TOTAL WAR POLICY THAT HAS LED TO THE IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO AND INTENSE MILITARIZATION IN PANAY, NEGROS, AND THE SAMAR AND LEYTE PROVINCES.
SAYING THAT HIS CONSTITUENTS WANT MARTIAL LAW TO CONTINUE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MINDANAO AFFAIRS YESTERDAY AIRED HIS OPPOSITION TO MOVES TO PUT AN END TO MARTIAL LAW IN CERTAIN PARTS OF MINDANAO, PARTICULARLY HIS PROVINCE.
PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS URGED THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT "SOCIAL AND CULTURAL" SENSITIVITIES IN DECIDING ON BUILDING A MILITARY CAMP IN MARAWI"S MOST AFFECTED AREA OR GROUND ZERO.
BY CONCERN, 21 OF THE CASES, OR 46 PERCENT,ARE LINKED TO AGRIBUSINESS AND LAND GRABS, 12 PERCENT OR 26 PERCENT RELATED TOMINING, 11 PERCENT OR 25 PERCENT RELATED TO PLANTATIONS, 9 PERCENT OR 20PERCENT RELATED TO LOGGING; TWO CASES LINKED TO COAL MINING AND ONE CASE OFKILLING RELATED TO QUARRYING AND CLIMATE.
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