{"id":43135,"date":"2015-02-22T12:54:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T04:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43135"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:06:25","slug":"pnoys-remarks-allegedly-hurt-some-saf-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/22\/pnoys-remarks-allegedly-hurt-some-saf-families\/","title":{"rendered":"PNoy\u2019s remarks allegedly \u2018hurt\u2019 some SAF families"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a surprise visit to Camp Crame last night, President Benigno S. Aquino III and members of his Cabinet met with the families of the 44 PNP Special Action Force troopers. The President talked with each family, spending several hours at Crame. \u2014 February 18, 2015. (Photo: Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2013 According to a report by journalist Willard Cheng, some of the bereaved families and relatives of the Fallen 44 were \u2018hurt\u2019 by President Benigno Aquino III\u2019s answers to their questions during their meeting at Camp Crame last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cJanet,\u201d the wife of one of the slain police commandos, gave an account of their conversation with President Aquino to ABS-CBN News. In there, she disclosed that the President even \u2018scolded\u2019 them at one point.<\/p>\n

\u201cSix p.m. po nang sinabi sa amin ng <\/em>protocol officer namin na hindi muna kami pwede umuwi dahil darating si Mr. President. Matagal pa po kami naghintay. 8 p.m. na siya dumating at nagsimula po niyang kausapin <\/em>per table ang bawat pamilya<\/em> (3 families per table),\u201d Janet said.<\/p>\n

(It was 6 pm when our protocol officer told us that we could not go home yet because Mr. President will be visiting us. We waited for a long time. He arrived at 8 pm and started to sit down and talk to three families per table.)<\/p>\n

\u201cPasado alas 11 na po ng gabi nang mapagdesisyunan na ang 6 na pamilyang natitira ay pagsama-samahin para mas mapabilis na matapos ang paguusap. Bago kami kausapin nagsabi ang Pangulo na maghihilamos muna sya. Pagkatapos ng mahabang paghihintay nagsimula ang usapan kung saan bawat pamilya ang nagtatanong<\/em>,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

(It was past 11 that night when it was decided that the remaining six families will be meeting all together [with President Aquino] so that the discussion will be finished sooner.\u00a0 Before he talked to us, the President said that he will wash first. After a long wait, the conversation started wherein each family asked.<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

Janet also mentioned that several families asked similar questions to President Aquino.<\/p>\n

\u201cMagtatanong lang po kami bakit tumagal ng mahigit 10 oras ang bakbakan, bakit walang reinforcement? Ilang survivor na po ang nainterview at sinabi na maghapon silang nakipaglaban para mabuhay pero walang reinforcement na dumarating<\/em>,\u201d said a family member of one of the slain elite police.<\/p>\n

(We are just going to ask why the encounter lasted for more than 10 hours. Why was there no reinforcement? Some survivors were already interviewed and said that they fought for their lives the whole afternoon and there was no reinforcement that came.)<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ko, padalhan ng reinforcement iyan kaya akala ko okay na. Di ko naman alam na hindi pala totoo iyun. At di ko rin alam na bandang hapon eh napapalaban na rin ang<\/em> (SAF) 84th Seaborne,\u201d Aquino replied.<\/p>\n

(I told them to send reinforcement so I thought that it was already settled.<\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t know that it wasn\u2019t done. I also didn\u2019t know that the [SAF] 84th Seaborne was still engaged in the firefight by the afternoon [of January 15.])<\/p>\n

President Aquino also likened the sending of reinforcements to meeting a friend at a mall.<\/p>\n

\u201cKayo ba kapag kunwari itetext nyo friend nyo, ‘Kita tayo sa MOA,’ ganun lang ba kadali sa inyo na pumunta dun?<\/em> (If you were to text your friend, \u2018Let\u2019s meet at MOA\u2019 [Mall of Asia], is it that easy for you to go there?),\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Janet, who was still grieving the death of her husband, was not pleased with President Aquino\u2019s answer when a family asked for justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAno gusto nyo gawin ko, kunin natin ang fingerprint ng mga kalaban? Aba madami iyun, para malaman natin sino pumatay sa mga kamag-anak nyo<\/em>,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n

(What do you want me to do, get the fingerprints of all the [MILF] combatants? Well, there are a lot of them for us to know who really killed your relatives.)<\/p>\n

President Aquino also reiterated the death of his father in an attempt to console the bereaved families and relatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cNamatay rin ang tatay ko, alam ko pakiramdam niyo kaya patas na rin tayo ngayon.<\/em> (My father also died. I know what you feel so we are equal now), he said.<\/p>\n

After all the \u2018offending\u2019 remarks, President Aquino then bluntly blamed Nape\u00f1as for the \u2018misencounter.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cAng may kasalanan diyan, ‘yung nag-utos na papuntahin sila dun. Alam na delikado tinuloy pa rin at si Napenas iyun.<\/em> (The one to blame there is the one who ordered them to go there.<\/p>\n

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[He] knew that it was dangerous yet he pushed through the mission and he is Nape\u00f1as), he said.<\/p>\n

Janet then said that some families were greatly \u2018dismayed\u2019 with President Aquino\u2019s words that they decided to go home and no longer talk to him.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang, on the other hand, said that they respected the sentiments of the bereaved families and relatives of the 44 PNP-SAF troopers.<\/p>\n

With report from Cyra Moraleda<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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