SC asked to declare 1959 unconstitutional
FORMER Senate President Jovito Salonga and a group of lawyers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to stop Malacanang from implementing Proclamation 1959 placing Maguindanao under martial rule and to declare the presidential directive signed last week as unconstitutional. The petitioners said President Gloria Arroyo gravely abused her discretion in declaring martial law and suspending […]