Some members of the Senate and the House of Representatives are set to file a bill on Monday calling for the creation of a Truth Commission to probe the deaths of 44 elite personnel of the PNP-Special Action Force following a clash with members from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao on January 25.
"We are going to file this afternoon a bill that will create a Truth Commission that will probe the Mamasapano incident," said Senator Teofisto Guingona III, chairman of the Senate committee on peace and reconciliation, at a press conference in the Senate.
Two of Guingona's colleagues — Senators Bam Aquino and Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III — have expressed support for the bill. On the other hand, Representatives Sitti Turabin Hataman, Jorge Banal,and Marcelino Teodoro have also expressed the support for the passage of proposed measure.
On January 25, 44 members of the PNP-SAF were killed during a firefight with the MILF and BIFF. The MILF had announced that a total of 17 of their fighters died in the clash.
The elite cops' mission was to serve arrest warrant to two suspected terrorists -- Malaysian Jemaah Islamiyah leader Zulkifli bin Hir also known as Marwan and Filipino bomb maker Abdulbasit Usman -- who were confirmed to be in Mamasapano town.
Authorities have yet to officially confirm if Marwan was indeed killed in the operation.
Authorities have yet to officially confirm if Marwan was indeed killed in the operation.
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