Panelo: COVID-19 ‘invasion’ for martial law just academic discussion
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo stated on Tuesday that his comments regarding the possibility of declaring martial law due to the COVID-19 pandemic were intended for academic discussion.
Panelo faced criticism after suggesting on Monday that the 'invasion' of the virus could be grounds for martial law, a claim dismissed by legal experts as legally and factually indefensible.
The National Union of Peoples' Lawyers president Edre Olalia called Panelo's theory 'unbelievable,' stating it is 'legally untenable, constitutionally preposterous, and factually absurd.'.
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