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Many Moro heroes in Philippine history have been ignored and forgotten because of a legacy from the colonizers: the alienation between Christians and Muslims.
“Civilians are forced to flee out of fear. Displacement, especially when it’s prolonged and repeated, uproots people from their normal lives and causes untold suffering,”
The Suara Bangsamoro is calling for a stop to the government’s all-out offensive against Moro rebels as thousands of civilians are the ones who bear the brunt of the military aggression.
“The MILF is bound by processes and documents, if we are to be held accountable, we would do that, instead of covering up, or absolving them.”
“Four of the five elements of the MILF-Bangsamoro Islamic Auxiliary Force (BIAF) 105th Base Command who were sleeping at the mosque inside their base in Tukanalipao village on January 25, around 2 p.m., were killed by an element of the PNP-SAF who survived the armed encounter at the wooden bridge in Tukanalipao."
A fact-finding mission says the government’s commando operations violated human rights and international humanitarian laws as they "undermined" the civilian residents of Mamasapano.
Reports of several residents indicate a deeper involvement of American troops in the Mamasapano incident.
"Instead of querying in order to sift the truth out of this whole mess of an operation, Senator Alan Cayetano only stated his own conclusions in the matter, biases and chauvinism in tow."
At the Senate investigation, MILF chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal enumerated some of the injustices wrought against Moros throughout history.
“Moro children continue to carry the brunt of the Mamasapano encounter aftermath, contrary to the government’s claim that everything ‘has gone back to normal.’”
Even as more questions are being raised on who called the shots in the deadly Mamasapano operation by elite cops, reports of civilian casualties are coming in.
The hunt for terror suspects, which resulted in the deadly clashes in Maguindanao, was suspiciously timed with the congressional deliberations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
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