\"They speared both of her eyes, shot both her breasts, cut off her feet, fired into her mouth.” It would break me to describe this, but seeing Esmael Mangundadatu describe the fate suffered by his own wife at the hands of his own relatives, along with more than a hundred members of their own private army, which not a few say are in abundance in war-torn Mindanao, especially in Maguindanao, made me believe how politics would transcend even familial love as Mangundadatu would then reiterate his intention to challenge his wife’s killers in the May 10 elections, which was still half-a-year far when the Ampatuan massacre happened. It took less than a minute for Mangundadatu to shed tears for his wife. Then he began to spend his new life in viduity campaigning to become governor of Maguindanao, an easy task now, especially with Andal Ampatuan, namesake and bet of incumbent Gov. Andal Ampatuan behind bars as main suspect in the killing of his wife, along with 57 others, including 32 journalists. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100426com6.html |
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29. Alam n'yo kaya na ngayon ang ika-115 na pagdiriwang ng pinakaunang
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Background reading:
The Ampatuan Massacre: The Civil Society Connection
http://forthephilippines.blogspot.com/2009/11/ampatuan-massacre-civil-society.html
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