So many opinions and sentiments about the Mamasapano
Massacre and all deserve to be heard.
The blame game will not do any good nor change what has
already happened. But finding out the facts will help give justice for all.
First, PNoy washed his hand out saying that it wasn't
necessary for him to give the operation an approval. In the same speech, no
words of console came owning accountability and responsibility to the fallen
soldiers. Second, he opted to attend the opening of some new car factory in
Laguna instead of showing his support and compassion to the bereaved families.
And third, while being late at the necrological services and having had the
audience wait for him to arrive and give his eulogy, gisingit pa jud niya ang
story we've heard a thousand times about his father, about his family, of which
we citizens don't care as of this moment because more important issues, such as
giving justice and solace to the families left behind, need immediate attention
and solution.
The death of these soldiers indirectly affects us who are
far from the battlegrounds in Mindanao not just in terms of economy but this
also reflects the kind of leaders we have who are the frontliners in resolving
conflicts in different areas of the country and in bringing prosperity to it's
people. Now, more than ever, is the time when we need a strong leader who can
stand firm and protect the well-being of his countrymen. But,
#nasaanangpangulo?
Given that the government will continue the peace
process, may this tragedy mark the limitations of the BBL setting an autonomous
region which includes these armed men while bearing in mind their capacity to
kill even their own brothers for the sake of what they call freedom. Those
barbaric rebels will always and always find a cause to fight for even after the
GPH gives them what they want. Surely, this massacre has been the result of
greediness of people who are already in high positions who just won't get
contented and satisfied that even giving education and liberty to their
constituents is being deprived. Justice, equality and human rights, these are
some of the plights which our Mindanawon brothers and sisters are calling for.
The #Fallen44 are not just the victims here but their
families, friends, the young generation and the elderly who will nonchalantly
wake up to gunshots and bombings around them without the assurance of seeing a
brighter tomorrow. And those two high profile terrorists who were supposed to
be served with warrant of arrest? Who has the concrete evidence that they were
captured and killed during the encounter?
Funny that I said so many things, yet I don't want
anything to do with the cross that they're carrying. Or to say the other way,
more of being grateful that I do not have to go through the same misfortune as
our poor brothers and sisters who are in the battlegrounds have. May the lives
lost in this tragedy and this decades-long conflict not just be numbers and go
into waste, but may genuine peace be achieved. The manner of the massacre
should be a reminder not just to our high ranking government leaders and
lawmakers, but also to all of us Filipinos to do each of our duties and
obligations as citizens of our dearly beloved Philippines, upholding the truth,
freedom and justice, even at the cost of our own lives.
"Peace can only be attained if there is sincerity embedded in the hearts of men."
