SULU REJECTED fresh proposals to place the province anew under martial law following the recent twin suicide bombings in the capital town of Jolo that killed and wounded dozens of people, mostly civilians.
Gov. Sakur Tan, who called a multi-sectoral meeting to discuss the security situation there, listened to participants and leaders of various civil organizations, academe, religious and business sectors, including municipal mayors as they thumbed down the martial law proposals by Philippine Army Chief, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, and Philippine National Police Chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa.
It was also attended by senior police and military commanders led by Maj. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, the chief of the Western Mindanao Command; and Brig. Gen. Manuel Abu, the regional police chief in the Muslim autonomous region.
“The meeting discussed several issues, ranging from the recent twin bombings in the town of Jolo, to the efforts of LGUs in combating Covid-19 pandemic, the suggestion to possibly impose martial law in the province of Sulu which was resoundingly opposed by those in attendance led by Gov. Tan himself, and even suggestions of looking seriously at other strategies to counter peace and problem in the province, not just military strategy or solution,” the Office of the Provincial Governor said in a post on its Facebook page.
Even Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana opposed military rule in Sulu, saying, the whole of Southern Philippines remain under state of lawlessness following President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation 55 which he signed in September 2016 after a terror attack at a night market in his hometown Davao City that killed over a dozen people and injured at least 75 more.
The latest bombings in Jolo also killed more than a dozen soldiers and civilians after a pair of women, who were widows of Abu Sayyaf terrorists, blew the explosives they were carrying.
Lorenzana said Duterte also recently signed the Anti-Terror Law so there is no need to impose martial law in Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson also shared Lorenzana’s view.
Lacson said: “We have passed a strong Anti-Terrorism Law for our security forces to better address terrorism in Mindanao and the rest of the country. Unfortunately, amidst the numerous petitions against the measure, the agencies tasked to craft the implementing rules and regulations of the law have not yet issued the same which could have given our law enforcement agencies and the AFP the impetus to fully implement the law with efficacy and confidence, even proactively as we have included even inchoate offenses punishable for even at the stage of planning and preparation. With all that said, another declaration of martial law in Mindanao or Sulu may not be necessary.” (Mindanao Examiner)
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‘Duterte’s Proclamation 55, Anti-Terror Law sufficient to fight terrorism’
Gov. Sakur Tan, who called a multi-sectoral meeting to discuss the security situation there, listened to participants and leaders of various civil organizations, academe, religious and business sectors, including municipal mayors as they thumbed down the martial law proposals by Philippine Army Chief, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, and Philippine National Police Chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa.
It was also attended by senior police and military commanders led by Maj. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, the chief of the Western Mindanao Command; and Brig. Gen. Manuel Abu, the regional police chief in the Muslim autonomous region.
“The meeting discussed several issues, ranging from the recent twin bombings in the town of Jolo, to the efforts of LGUs in combating Covid-19 pandemic, the suggestion to possibly impose martial law in the province of Sulu which was resoundingly opposed by those in attendance led by Gov. Tan himself, and even suggestions of looking seriously at other strategies to counter peace and problem in the province, not just military strategy or solution,” the Office of the Provincial Governor said in a post on its Facebook page.
Even Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana opposed military rule in Sulu, saying, the whole of Southern Philippines remain under state of lawlessness following President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation 55 which he signed in September 2016 after a terror attack at a night market in his hometown Davao City that killed over a dozen people and injured at least 75 more.
The latest bombings in Jolo also killed more than a dozen soldiers and civilians after a pair of women, who were widows of Abu Sayyaf terrorists, blew the explosives they were carrying.
Lorenzana said Duterte also recently signed the Anti-Terror Law so there is no need to impose martial law in Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson also shared Lorenzana’s view.
Lacson said: “We have passed a strong Anti-Terrorism Law for our security forces to better address terrorism in Mindanao and the rest of the country. Unfortunately, amidst the numerous petitions against the measure, the agencies tasked to craft the implementing rules and regulations of the law have not yet issued the same which could have given our law enforcement agencies and the AFP the impetus to fully implement the law with efficacy and confidence, even proactively as we have included even inchoate offenses punishable for even at the stage of planning and preparation. With all that said, another declaration of martial law in Mindanao or Sulu may not be necessary.” (Mindanao Examiner)
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