The Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Sunday said that it will release its report on the deadly Mamasapano encounter that claimed the lives of 44 elite police troopers, 18 MILF members, and four civilians.
In an interview with GMA News Online, chief MILF peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal said that they will make the executive summary of the investigation report public after MILF Chairman Ebrahim Murad comes back from a pilgrimage in Mecca.
"Substantially, gawa na 'yung report. But, we can't reveal the result yet because the chairman is still out of the country," he said.
Iqbal said that he has seen parts of the narrative report. He declined to give details.
"Hopefully, we can share the executive summary by the last week of February. Very soon. Hinihintay lang namin ang pagbalik niya (Murad) para mabasa niya. Hindi na aabutin ng March ito," he said.
Iqbal added that he will attend the Senate hearing on the Mamasapano clash on Monday.
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The Senate committees on public order, peace, unification and reconciliation, and finance are set to conduct the fourth hearing on the Mamasapano firefight on Monday.
Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the public order committee, said that they will focus on President Benigno Aquino III's role in the deadly clash.
"Kung sinabi sa kanya (PNoy), ganito na ang sitwasyon, marami na'ng mamamatay o ganyan, ano'ng inutos niya? At kung inutos man niya 'yun, sapat ba ang oras?" she said in a report on GMA's "24 Oras" aired on Sunday.
The Senate panel will also ask former Philippine National Police chief Director General Alan Purisima to read his text message exchanges with Aquino and former Special Action Force chief Director Getulio Napeñas Jr. during the Mamasapano encounter, the television report added.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has also been called in to explain the scope of counterterrorism cooperation with the US, amid reports that Washington was part of the Jan. 25 police operation to take down international terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir also known as Marwan.
The PNP SAF's mission was to serve the warrant of arrest against Marwan and Filipino bomb maker Basit Usman.
Marwan, who has a $5 million bounty on his head, reportedly died during the clash, but Usman managed to escape.
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, a breakaway group, was also involved in the deadly encounter.
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