Press Release
August 16, 2016

GRACE POE ON THE FILING OF CHARGES RE MAMASAPANO

We welcome the Department of Justice's order to file criminal charges for direct assault with murder against 88 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and private armed groups, as a positive step towards finally attaining justice for our police commandos who were massacred in Mamasapano while doing legitimate law enforcement operations.

The government's charges are consistent with the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, which I chaired in the previous Congress, to go after those involved in this tragedy that took the lives of our 44 police operatives.

Ito ay simula ng paghahatid ng katarungan para sa ating mga pulis na walang awang pinatay habang nagsasagawa lamang ng isang lehitimong operasyon na hindi dapat nagwakas sa walang saysay na trahedya at pagkalagas ng buhay.

Gayunpaman, umaasa akong hindi makakaapekto ang kaganapang ito sa mga pagsisikap nating ituloy ang usaping pangkapayapaan sa Mindanao.

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