Impunity will still reign
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda was reported to have told a group of demonstrators that they should blame the provincial government then led by the Ampatuans, and not the national government.
“This (Maguindanao massacre) is the action of the provincial government. This was not countenanced by the state, that is something to be made clear,” Lacierda was quoted in a newspaper report as saying, while calling on the media not to make the national government liable.
“Do not mix the separate jurisdictions, do not put the liability of a local government... these are not state-sanctioned acts of the government,” he reportedly added.
Lacierda misses the point, but not surprisingly, since Malacañang and his principal’s style is always to wash their hands off any blame..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101127com2.html
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