Thursday, January 29, 2015

MILF: Call for war should remain a final option: CJ Sereno

Posted to the MILF Website (Jan 29): Call for war should remain a final option: CJ Sereno



“A call for war and retribution should never be made lightly and should always a final option”, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said.  She called for sobriety in the wake of the killing of at least 44 policemen, wounding of 12 more and killing of 5 MILF combatants in Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
  
In a statement on Tuesday, January 27, Sereno said: “We call for sobriety as we all await the full report on the investigation. During this time, we must ascertain facts to avoid confusion and acknowledge the complexities of the situation to allow for the rule of law to truly prevail."

On January 25, about 400 Police Commandos attacked a stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao, in search of a top terrorist that the police suspect has been hiding in the area.

The ensuing firefight turned out to be the Philippines' bloodiest police operation in recent history which the MILF blames for ‘lack of coordination’. The PNP sacked the commander who ordered the operation, saying he did not clear it with his superiors.

"I and my colleagues on the Supreme Court express our deepest sympathy to the families and loved ones of our injured and fallen policemen," Sereno said in a rare media statement. "We deeply mourn for those killed, and weep with their families as we would weep for our own kin. No words are enough to console the families for their loss, perhaps even the promise of earthly justice will sound hollow at this time. But I ask them now to cling to the hope that there is always the eternal realm."

"A call for war and retribution should never be made lightly and should remain always a final option," Sereno said. "It should certainly not be made in the heat of the moment and in the face of, as yet, unclear facts and confusing narratives. Let us instead all contribute to our nation's search for just and lasting peace by encouraging all parties to bring any conflict to the table of peace instead of the battlefields of war."

"Let us not add to the darkness but to the light. It is the only way that we ensure that the sacrifices of our fallen policemen would not be in vain” she added.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/1481-call-for-war-should-remain-a-final-option-cj-sereno

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