Kaban ni D_BystandeR: NAPUTOS UG PANAWAY ANG PANGAGAMHANAN NI P-NOY

Gone are the days when during the time of the legendary Pres. Ramon Magsaysay, while he was still the Secretary of National Defense during the time of Pres. Elpidio Quirino, Magsaysay was "in a matter of few hours," already seen in a place in Negros Occidental where the brutal slaying of Moises Padilla who was butchered to death by the henchmen of the ruling politicians that ruled the place at that time. And lifting the lifeless body of Padilla he was heard of saying that he felt it not the lifeless body of Padilla but the "body of democracy being crucified" in that historic moment. But what actually transpired in the massacre of 44 SAF troopers is totally different because Aquino cannot express himself honestly and truthfully in defense of the dead soldiers because "his hands are dripping with their blood" and because of a guiltly conscience that if only he only used his power as a true "Commander-in-Chief" ought to do, those 44 SAF members could still have been alive to this day to be with their loved ones, their wives, children and families. I don't know if P-Noy can still manage to finish his term because the people's overflowing anger and resentment are still there. No amount of "whitewash" can ever erase the fact that the lives of 44 SAF men are too much the country can bear to allow this folly to go on unpunished.  In some countries, like Japan, the supreme sacrifice of "harakiri" is resorted to by top government officials in a traditional manner to accept their role or fault over a tragic  happening as big as that!

It is a sad commentary that the present situation in the Philippines, especially with the recent tragedy involving the massacre of 44 SAF troopers in the hands of combines elements of MILF and BIFF, right after the SAFs were able to "neutralize" the Malaysian terrorist Marwan with a price tag of $5M on his head offered by the U.S. government on account of his being tagged as the mastermind of a terrorist attack in 2003 in Bali, Indonesia that claimed the lives of 202 people in a resort, is a picture of conflicting signals that exposed the "damning blunders" of the P-Noy administration who, news reports would point out, gave the go-signal to Police Director General Alan Purisima, who was currently suspended for 6 months by the Ombudsman for irregularity committed by his office regarding the anomalous transaction awarding a contract to a favored courier in connection with the renewal of firearms licences in Camp Crame, Manila, to go ahead with the "secret military operation" by breaking the chain of command, meaning, the military hierarchy under the present PNP in-charge General Leonardo Espina and DILG Sec. Mar Roxas, were kept in the dark about its launching operation.

And the worst part, is that, within the 12-hour-period that the beleaguered SAFs were frantically calling for reinforcement as they were already surrounded by hundreds of MILF and BIFF forces, P-Noy did not lift a finger to positively react to their cries for help as a true "Commander-in-Chief" would have done to save the precious lives of his men from the brink of death because he opted to save the peace process going on for the approval of the BBL. The P-Noy administration is now at the far end of a situation where whatever they do to appease the overflowing anger and resentment of the people, they would need a miracle for it to happen.

Footnote: This came out in connection with a news item in Philstar about the fallen 44 SAF in Mamasapano massacre. It came out on Feb. 13, 2015.