A congressional probe was sought by a senior House member on
the reported acquisition and issuance of defective ammunitions and armaments of
the Philippine National Police (PNP) to its operating elements, including the
killed members of the Special Action force (SAF) in the Mamasapano, Maguindanao
encounter.
Isabela Rep. Rodolfo “Rodito” Albano III on Monday filed
House Resolution 1909 asking the House committees on Public Order and Safety
and Good Government and Accountability to conduct an investigation on the
matter.
The defective ammunitions was part of the initial findings
being conducted by the Board of Inquiry of the Philippine National Police to
determine what went wrong during the firefight between police commandos,
Special Action Force versus Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
Albano wanted to verify the reports, stressing members of
the PNP stake their lives and limbs as well as their future ”so their fellow
Filipinos can live in peace, secure against the threats of lawless elements and
spared from the fears for the safety of their families and communities foisted
by terrorists and insurgents.”
He said reports claimed that SAF members who encountered the
MILF and its breakaway group, BIFF last January 25, 2015 experienced defective
ammunitions that jeopardized the lives of many policemen.
“Credible reports and testimonies of surviving members of
the PNP Special Action Force in the tragic Mamasapano operations against
notorious terrorists before the Board of Inquiry indicate the acquisition and
issuance by the PNP, for the use of its operating elements, of various
defective ammunitions and armaments such as grenades, grenade launchers and the
like that deprived the PNP operating force with the needed capability to fight
back lawless elements and minimize the loss of lives among its forces,” Albano
stressed in a resolution.
“The acquisition, issuance and use of defective armaments
and ammunitions condemns the PNP’s operating forces to helplessness and
ineffectiveness in ensuring that our communities are protected from criminals,
terrorists and other lawless elements and incapacitates themfrom preventing
unnecessary losses of lives and limbs among their ranks,” the resolution added.
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