The death of the fallen 44 SAF members is still a hot issue on news
because until now it is not clear who gave the order to conduct the operation
called Oplan Wolverine known also as Oplan Exodus. The only clear now, the
families of the fallen are asking for justice. Not only them, even the MILF
wants justice because 18 of their members, including 7 civilians died also in
Mamasapano clash.
The Aquino administration is boasting that the operation
against the most two wanted terrorist became successful. Recently, the FBI confirmed
the death of Marwan after his DNA sample had been matched to his brother who is
staying in the jail in the US. Okay, their operation was successful because
they killed their one of their targets. But the sad truth, many members of the
SAF were also killed in that operation. How can we rejoice with their
accomplishment if this was the scenario? This would not happen if the officials
who involved here have followed the protocol. In the Senate hearing, the
relieved SAF chief Getulio Napenas pointed out that Purisima is the one who
ordered them to conduct the operation and P-Noy knew about their mission.
Instead to accept the responsibility, Purisima and P-Noy
blamed Napenas for the loss of 44 SAF members. P-Noy emphasized that Napenas
didn’t coordinate with the MILF, the AFP and some other government officials
especially Mar Roxas. While Purisima admitted that he knew about the operation.
His only role, he was the one who gave the information about Marwan’s hideout.
According to him, he just gave an advice to the troops. He denied that he gave
them an order to attack the hideout of Marwan without coordination to the
appropriate persons or groups. Well, it is easy to deny the truth, but it also hard
to accept the reasonings of P-Noy and Purisima who consider each other as close
friends.
Napenas have got the sympathy of the public because it
seems that he became a false guy here. Of course, P-Noy and Purisima are doing
this to save themselves from the rage and blame of the Filipino people. Oplan
Exodus is not just an ordinary police operation; 400 members of SAF had been
deployed in Mamasapano. How come that the national government don’t know about
this big mission? There is a report that the US armies participated here, but
of course they already denied it. What we need now is a deeper investigation from
the independent body to know the whole truth about what happened on January 25
in Mamasapano.
