Breitbart | Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to expand a
60-day state of emergency in southern Mindanao to the whole country
should the Maute group, a terrorist organization that has pledged
allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), expand its killing spree beyond
the island.
Duterte, who arrived home from an abbreviated trip to Russia
Wednesday, elaborated on the implications of martial law on the island.
The president suspended the writ of habeas corpus and announced that
police would no longer require a warrant on the island to arrest anyone
suspected of being a member of the terrorist group.
“Checkpoints will be allowed. Searches will be allowed. Arrest without a warrant will be allowed in Mindanao,” Duterte explained. “And
I do not need to secure any search warrant or a warrant of arrest. If
you are identified positively on the other side, you can be arrested and
detained.”
“Anyone caught possessing a gun and confronting us with violence, my
orders are shoot to kill. I will not hesitate to do it,” he vowed. “If I
think that you should die, you will die. If you fight us, you will die.
If there is an open defiance, you will die.”
“Anyone now holding a gun, confronting government with violence, my
orders are spare no one, let us solve the problems of Mindanao once and
for all. Do not force my hands into it,” he added. Duterte added that he
was mulling an order to allow civilians to use their legally purchased
guns against Maute terrorists and carry them publicly to deter violence.
Duterte added the rare warning that he would not allow police to
abuse human rights with impunity. “I will assure you I am not willing to
allow abuses. Government is still running, the Congress is functioning,
and the courts are open for citizens to seek grievance,” he assured residents. Fist tap Big Don.
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