The Mamasapano incident is simply a police operation gone
wrong due to poor planning and poor execution by the ground commander but being
overdramatized by various political forces and special interest groups to
disrupt the proposed creation ofan autonomous Bangsamoro sub-state and
undermine President Benigno S. Aquino's accomplishments to weaken his
endorsement power in 2016.
This was pointed out on Friday by Iloilo City Congressman
Jerry Trenas as he lamented that even the sacrifices and the heroism of the 44
Special Action Force (SAF) commandos is now being questioned because of the
overlapping and redundant probes on the Mamasapano incident.
"It is very unfortunate that there are now issues
coming out that tend to question the sacrifices made by our 44 fallen SAF
commandos. There are claims that some of the rebels were unarmed and were
sleeping when they were killed by the SAF. There are now stories about SAF
firing the first shot towards the position of the MILF and therefore they
should be blamed for violating the ceasefire," Trenas lamented.
"This Mamasapano issue has become so muddled that even
the heroic deeds of our fallen heroes are now being torpedoed to serve the
political and personal interests of some political and oligarchic
interests," he added.
The Visayan solon said that the Mamasapano investigation is
no longer a quest for truth and justice but a ploy to maintain the status quo
in Mindanao .
He noted that the creation of the Bangsamoro juridical
entity through the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is apparently seen as a
threat to certain business and oligarchic interests in the region because this
would allow "new players" to do business in areas that they
practically control, economically and politically.
Trenas said it is also obvious that continuing attempts to
drag President Aquino into the Mamasapano mess is a propaganda spin to override
the many accomplishments of his administration and weaken his endorsement power
in 2016.
"I simply cannot understand why people keep on trying
to blame the President for what happened in Mamasapano when his only role was
to give the order for the arrest and the neutralization of known international
terrorists? How can he be faulted for a police operation that simply went out
of control obviously because the man who was assigned to do job messed up?"
Trenas pointed out.
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