The Commission on Human Rights will release its report on the Mamasapano investigation by the second week of April. AP, file
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday maintained that the Mamasapano incident was a "misencounter" and not a "massacre."
In an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel, CHR Chair Loretta
Rosales said that the term "misencounter" was more appropriate for
the incident since neither the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) nor the
Special Action Force (SAF) intended to assault each other.
Rosales clarified that the CHR is for everybody and that the
agency is willing to assist both the government troops and the Moro rebels if
they ask legal assistance.
"This is the process of peace negotiations. You are
dealing with elements that are outside the law, it's not easy. You have to take
the extra mile," Rosales said.
She added that the peace process requires the government to
look into the perspective of the rebels.
"Don't behave as if they were your soldiers because
they are outside the law, they're not part of it," Rosales said.
Contrary to relieved SAF Director Getulio Napeñas's earlier
statement that Oplan Exodus was successful, Rosales noted that the operation
was defective from the start.
According to Rosales, it was not enough that Malaysian
terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir alias "Marwan" was arrested because the
SAF should have done more intelligence work on the ground.
"It was a botched operation," Rosales said.
The CHR is scheduled to release its investigation report on
the Mamasapano operation by the second week of April.
The Board of Inquiry, Senate committee and the MILF have
already submitted their reports on the said incident which led to the death of
44 SAF commandos during an armed encounter with Moro rebels.
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