Former president Benigno Aquino III on Friday cries foul on the case filed against him for multiple homicide for the death of 44 police commandos in the botched Mamasapano operation. He said, "instigators of this case, in furtherance of their objectives, are setting up the loved ones of the SAF 44 for even more suffering.”
“The loss of the SAF 44 is a tragedy. I reiterate that if my instructions to then-SAF Director Getulio Napeñas were followed to the letter, perhaps the risks of the operation could have been minimized, and that this tragedy could have been averted.”
“Let me emphasize: The families of the SAF 44 have experienced so much pain. I am worried that the instigators of this case, in furtherance of their objectives, are setting up the loved ones of the SAF 44 for even more suffering".
It was the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) who filed the complaint against the former president at the Office of the Ombudsman. They accused him of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide for his alleged role in the “Oplan Exodus” operation that led to the deaths of 44 elite troopers of the Special Action Force (SAF) on January 25 last year in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
Noynoys buddy, dismissed former Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Alan Purisima and former SAF Director Getulio Napeñas are also named in the complaint.
The VACC and the SAF 44 families were represented by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio.
“I am curious as to how Atty. Ferdinand Topacio intends to support his absurd accusations in connection with the tragedy that happened in Mamasapano. I guess this is to be expected from an attention-seeker such as he,” Aquino said. “I have instructed my lawyers to study possible actions at the appropriate time against those who instigate the filing of frivolous cases, which are nothing more than harassment,” he added.
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