Mamasapano Clash: Justice is Where?

         The operation targeting two Jemaah Islamiyah-linked terror suspects, Malaysian bomb maker Marwan and Filipino bomber Basit Usman, resulted in the death of 44 SAF commandos who were attacked by members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in two separate locations.

The military was criticized for being slow in reinforcing the SAF men despite the longstanding ceasefire between the Armed Forces and the MILF. The SAF requested for back up units from their military counterparts around 5 a.m. Sunday, however, only arrived at Mamasapano at 8:20 a.m. and reached the positions of SAF units in the afternoon. We may consider it reasonable to think that it is because military units were clueless on the locations of the SAF members, who were scattered in neighboring villages; soldiers in the area were positioned also to secure main supply routes and could not easily leave their designations; and a minimum force would still be needed to protect the road nets from possible attacks, yet would it be absolute to disregard and be contented already to what happen to these victims? Why there is no action yet? Why such reinforcements acted so sluggish where in fact in the first place, cease fire has been declared and a peace agreement between the government and the rebel has been in progress. And to what extent doing this brutally? Now, where is the Commission on Human Rights? Is this lawful for you?  If so, then justice should be infuriatedly discussed.