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If necessary, the Senate will hold a special session on the recommended extension of martial law in Mindanao, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Monday.

Sotto was reacting to reports that Armed Forces of the Philippines would recommend the extension of martial law in Mindanao for at least another year.

The Senate, he said, would have to comply if President Rodrigo Duterte would call for a special session even after Congress had gone on Christmas break on Dec. 14.

鈥淚f the President calls for a special session, we have to comply,鈥� Sotto said in an interview at the Senate.

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Sotto is adamant the Senate needs to have a briefing on the AFP or the executive department鈥檚 proposal on the extension of martial law in Mindanao.

鈥淚f the AFP or executive department is proposing an extension of martial law, we have to have a briefing,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e need to decide intelligently.鈥� /atm