Rep. Samuel D. Pagdilao Jr. (ACT-CIS Party-list) expressed
his disappointment on Wednesday with the "farcical" findings of the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as contained in its own version of the
Mamasapano incident report.
Pagdilao said he did not agree with the findings of the MILF
that justified the brutality of its armed men when they decimated all the
members of the 55th Special Action Company (55th SAC) except for the lone
survivor, Police Officer 2 Christopher Lalan, in the cornfield of Tukanalipao,
Mamasapano town, Maguindanao on Jan. 25, 2015.
He also said the MILF's claim that the SAF piled up their
comrades and used them as shields was ridiculous because it ran contrary to
human experience. Normally, soldiers would pull their wounded comrades to
protect them from the barrage of enemy fires with hope that the wounded can
still be saved even if they appear dead already.
The former senior police officer-turned-politician also
noted the incredulous assertion of the MILF in its investigation report that
the members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), the armed wing of
the MILF, did not use unnecessary force against the SAF troopers because
forensic findings and autopsy reports concluded that 26 out of the 44 SAF --
majority from the 55th SAC -- were shot in the head, seven were shot through
the back of the head, seven were shot between the eyes and the rest were shot
through the forehead. The trajectories of the bullets further indicated that
they were shot while lying on the ground.
All these results indicated that the MILF did not exercise
restraint and that the SAF troopers were finished off, he said.
The neophyte lawmaker said that on a general note, the MILF
lost a golden opportunity to show to the Filipino people that it is capable of
fairness and objectivity when it comes to dealing with their members.
Pagdilao took note of the MILF's pointing the blame to the
rival groups Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and the other partisan
armed group in the area as the perpetrators behind the killing of PO1 Joseph
Sagonoy, a member of the 55th SAC, as seen on the viral video.
This, he said, is an ominous sign of how the MILF will
dispense justice in the future on similar situations or incidents.
"Obviously, the MILF showed no sincerity and chose to
be blind when it saw no wrong in the brutality conducted by those MILF or BIFF
as shown by the video footages. That's no way a partner in the peace process
behaves," Pagdilao pointed out.
"They had totally lost whatever is left of the people's
faith, trust and confidence. This is farcical," he stressed.
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