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MANILA nike air max trainers wholesale uk , July 6 (Xinhua) -- Philippine military and police authorities will recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte next week whether to extend the martial law in the entire Mindanao in the southern Philippines, military officials said on Thursday.


Duterte declared martial law on May 23 for 60 days on the island of Mindanao and nearby island provinces after extremists linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) laid siege to Marawi City. The 60-day deadline will end on July 23.


Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said military ground commanders have already started conducting assessment of the security situation in the region.


"The assessment that we are conducting is whether martial law should be continued or not," Padilla said, adding the assessment is important to determine whether the martial law has helped restore order in the entire Mindanao.


"We are getting inputs from the ground. These inputs will be (carefully studied) by authorities on the ground nike air max wholesale uk online ," Padilla said.


However, he stressed that the assessment will depend on the situation on the ground.


The fighting is still going on and "the situation is still fluid," Padilla said.


Padilla expressed hope that the assessment report and the recommendation will be finished "by the end of next week before the deadline ends."


In a news conference in Marawi City, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he and Gen. Eduardo Ano, the AFP chief of staff, will make the recommendation "soon" to Duterte.


Under the Philippine law nike air max wholesale uk china , Ano is the implementor of the martial law while Lorenzana is the designated martial law administrator.


"We do not know if it is to lift or extend. We are consulting with those around us, not only in Marawi but all over Mindanao," Lorenzana said.


He added "it will be a well-informed recommendation to (Duterte)."


Meantime, Philippine National Police Gen. Ronald Dela Rosa said he is in favor of extending martial law.


"If we want to hasten the arrest (of people involved in the rebellion), then we should extend martial law. Frankly speaking, we need (martial law) nike air max cheap wholesale uk ," Dela Rosa said. "Personally. I'm in favor so we can go after those who should be arrested."


Martial law allows the military and the police to arrest suspects even without warrants.


Fighting to completely retake the besieged Marawi city continues to this day in which nearly