United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and members of the international community have condemned Monday’s massacre in Maguindanao, which left at least 46 civilians, including a dozen journalists, dead in the worst pre-election violence case recorded in the Philippines. They also called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
Ban’s spokesperson said in a statement: “The Secretary-General is saddened by the reports of the brutal killing of more than 40 civilians in the Maguindanao province, Southern Philippines. He condemns this heinous crime committed in the context of a local election campaign. The Secretary-General extends heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and hopes that no effort will be spared to bring justice and to hold the perpetrators accountable.”
The statement of European Union’s External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner reads: “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the barbaric killing on 23 November 2009 of innocent civilians, including women, journalists and lawyers, who were preparing to participate in the electoral process in the Philippines. I call for calm in the period leading up to the forthcoming elections scheduled for May 2010. In the face of this atrocity, the rule of law and democracy has to prevail.”
After three days,not a single suspect arrested!
BASTARDS!
The ghost of ‘Hello Garci’ is finally showing up. All those politicians who had asked the Ampatuans for favors during elections are responsible for the killings especially the one who is sitting in Malacanang right now. Now the Ampatuans are acting like animals, killing with impunity. They know they are untouchables, holding so many bags of beans to spill.
Eto ang kalalabasan ng imbestigasyon ng mga goons ni Glorya ….. suicide daw. O may angal ba kayo?????
Sipain na kasi ….. Puweeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Ano kaya ang gagawin no Gloria?di naman sapat ng magdeclare lang sya state of emergency sa maguindanao, tapos ano?
takot ba sya baka ilaglag sya ni ampatuan pag di sila naabswelto dito? sige nga..let’s wait and see..
We’re on the third day after the gruesome killings, not one has been arrested!
I sensed some bitterness in Ted Failon’s voice when he was interviewing the presidential spokesman in his news program. It’s still fresh in his mind how the cops forcibly handcuffed and took away his bro-in-law into a waiting patrol car for refusing to allow his sister to be be taken from the hospital’s ICU (where Ted’s wife was fighting for her life) for interrogation.
“Bakit po pag ordinaryong mamamayan, agad na dinadakip pero pag kaalyado ng pangulo, parang maluwag ang mga pulis?” Not the exact words, but I know that the hospital incident was on Ted’s mind at the moment he asked the question.
Not my words — I quote: The Filipino is such a vicious race and this is the wild wild Far East.
http://filipinovoices.com/maguindanao-and-the-best-paid-escort-in-the-philippines
Pepito, I will take exception. I know it didnt come from you but from filipinovoices. If that is they way they view us a nation, I will never ever click on that link.
Ang mga may gusto lang na mangyari ang sinapit sa mga biktima ay mga perpetrators at ang kanilang protectors. Sila ang vicious kind at hindi ang kabuuan ng Filipino.
I agree. The monsters in Maguindanao carnage do not represent the Filipino race.
I agree. If I have to generalized, ang pamunuan ang may pagkukulang damay lang ang sambayanan.
I’m sure GOD deplores this senseless act. But the god is not even making any arrest. Ignoring arrest is even more deplorable.
to oblak and diego at #7 and #8: I agree that the savagery of the mass-killing does not represent the entire Filipino nation, not even of many families — men, women, children — of the province of Maguindanao.
Di ba si Manny Pacquiao ang hinirang na ambassador (or presidential adviser) for peace (in Mindanao) ni GMA? Ano kaya ang magagawa ngayon ng bayani ng boksing sa massacre na dulot ng pag-aaruga at pagkonsinte ni GMA sa mga Ampatuan na silang tumulong sa pandaraya sa eleksyon noong 2004 at 2007?
tha ampatuans ought to be cnn’s devils of the year.
another philippines gloria government’s blackeye in the world’s community.