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Duterte To Lift Mindanao Martial Law On July 3, Will Declare Martial Law In Visayas And Mindanao On July 4

June 28, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Davao Bureau) – The Philippines’ Supreme Court will vote on July 4 on the petitions challenging the factual basis of President Duterte’s Martial Law Declaration for Mindanao.

But sources close to Duterte tell The Adobo Chronicles that the President has decided to lift the Mindanao Martial Law on July 3, practically preempting the high court’s expected ruling and rendering its decision moot and academic.

However, the same sources say that Duterte is planning to declare a new Martial Law in the Visayas and Mindanao on July 4. It will be in effect for 60 days.

The new declaration will have no effect on the current petitions filed before the Supreme Court. Rather, it will reset the entire constitutional process which includes Duterte reporting to Congress within 48 hours after the new declaration and Congress deciding to vote for or against it.

Petitioners opposed to the new declaration will have to file a new complaint before the Supreme Court and the high tribunal will have 30 days from the date of the filing of the petition to issue its ruling.

This is Democracy at work.

Any complaints? Complain to the drafters and voters of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

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Philippines VP Leni Robredo Agrees To Interview With BBC’s Stephen Sackur

June 28, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LONDON, United Kingdom (Exclusive to The Adobo Chronicles) – Since that celebrated one-on-one interview with Senator Antonio Trillanes, the hard-talking Stephen Sackur has been wanting to have Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo guest on his BBC talk show. Negotiations have been ongoing for at least two weeks.

Today, BBC announced that Robredo has finally agreed to appear on Sackur’s show on the following conditions:

Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesperson Georgina Hernandez will appear on the show, along with Robredo and that she will be seated between Sackur and the Vice President.
Hernandez will act as interpreter. While Sackur will be asking the questions in British English, Hernandez will be translating the questions in Taglish (combination of Tagalog and English) to the VP.
When answering Sackur’s questions, Robredo will be whispering her responses into Hernandez’ ear. Hernandez will then relay Robredo’s responses to Sackur in Filipino English.
Both BBC producers and the OVP have agreed that Hernandez will have the option to revise Robredo’s responses if she feels that it will reflect badly on the Vice President.
If Hernandez needed more time to sugar-coat or revise Robredo’s responses, she will flash a “time out” sign with her hands and BBC will go into commercial.

The Robredo interview will not be aired live in the 🇵🇭 Philippines and the video recording of the show will become the property of the Office of the Vice President. It will be up to the OVP whether or not the interview will be shown to Filipinos. Even then, the OVP reserves the right to edit the video as it sees fit.