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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/22/tausug-2017.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Abubakar Tan on Saturday called on Congress to expand martial law nationwide as she voted &#x27;yes&#x27; to President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s request to extend the declaration in Mindanao until the end of the year.</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA- A party-list lawmaker on Saturday urged Congress to expand martial law nationwide as the legislature voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s 60-day martial rule in Mindanao until the end of the year. </p><p>Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Abubakar Tan made the call as she voted yes to extending martial law until Dec. 31.</p><p>&quot;Kusug Tausug Party-list suggests that this august body extend martial law not just in Mindanao but all throughout the entire country,&quot; Tan said, beaming as she cast her vote.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rep. Shernee Tan of Kusug Tausug Partylist voted yes and wants martial law declared in the whole country <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLExtension?src=hash">#MLExtension</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ANCRecap?src=hash">#ANCRecap</a> <a href="https://t.co/T3cgN8SHKp">pic.twitter.com/T3cgN8SHKp</a></p>— ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/888670524464746496">July 22, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p><br/>Tan&#x27;s remark earned both laughter and applause from the legislative body that convened jointly to vote on Duterte&#x27;s request to extend his martial law declaration and suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus for 150 more days.</p><p>The &#x27;yes&#x27; vote won in Saturday&#x27;s voting, with 261 lawmakers in favor and 18 against. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/22/17/congress-grants-mindanao-martial-law-extension-until-december">READ: Congress grants Mindanao martial law extension until December</a></li></ul><p>Earlier in the session, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the martial law administrator, said there was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/22/17/lorenzana-no-martial-law-expansion-to-luzon-visayas">no need</a> to expand martial law in Luzon and Visayas.</p><p>&quot;Hindi po mangyayari &#x27;yan,&quot; Lorenzana told lawmakers.</p><p>Duterte placed the entire Mindanao under martial law on May 23 after the ISIS-linked Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups laid siege on Marawi City in a bid to establish an ISIS province in the Philippines.</p><p>Under the Constitution, the President may declare martial law for a a period not exceeding 60 days in case of &quot;invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it.&quot;</p><p>The Constitution, however, allows Congress to extend the period on the President&#x27;s request.</p>

<p>A party-list lawmaker on Saturday urged Congress to expand martial law nationwide as the legislature voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte's 60-day martial rule in Mindanao until the end of the year. </p>

A party-list lawmaker on Saturday urged Congress to expand martial law nationwide as the legislature voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte's 60-day martial rule in Mindanao until the end of the year.