Chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
Mohagher Iqbal’s call for an independent body to investigate the deadly
Mamasapano clash must be studied thoroughly, a Palace official said on Friday.
"Kailangan pong pag-aralan ang panukalang ito,"
Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said during a press briefing when
asked about Iqbal's proposal.
During the Senate hearing on the Maguindanao incident on
Thursday, Iqbal suggested the participation of the United Nations to do an
inquiry to ensure an impartial investigation.
Iqbal said that aside from their own investigation, they
were pushing for an independent probe on the Mamasapano incident.
He said that they were encountering such problems as
perception and speculation.
The MILF, he said, is willing to meet with its government
counterparts to discuss further the independent investigation.
The government has created a Board of Inquiry to investigate
what happened in the Mamasapano incident. The MILF is also doing its own probe.
The government and the MILF signed a peace pact last year
and is working for a Bangsamoro political entity when the Mamasapano incident
occurred.
Special Action Force (SAF) commandos targeted terrorist
suspects, Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, and Basit Usman, on January 25, but
they clashed with members of the MILF and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
as they were moving out of the area.
The encounter left 44 SAF commandos dead.
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