Poe mulls rescheduling Mamasapano probe to give way to SAF 44 tribute
Senator Grace Poe is considering changing the schedule of the reopening of the Senate probe on the Mamasapano incident from its original schedule on January 25, 2016 to another date to pave the way for the commemoration of the 44 fallen Special Action Force (SAF) men.
Poe, who is leading the Senate probe as chair of the committee on public order, initially set the reopening of the probe on January 25, 2016 or exactly a year after the deadly police operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
“Pero napag-alaman namin at naisip-isip ko rin ano, marami rin namang mga personal na mga gustong gawin sa araw mismo nang nangyari ‘yon,” she said in an interview over DZMM.
“Kasi tulad ng PNP (Philippine National Police), mayroon yata silang okasyon para kilalanin ang mga namayapa. So maaari nating gawin mga ilang araw pagkatapos nu’n para hindi naman po masyadong sabay,” she added.
On Monday, Poe said she would also clarify the votes of the Senate committee on rules, which decided to return the findings to the committee level upon the request of Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile.
Poe’s committee, along with two other committees — peace, unification and reconciliation, and finance — had already came up with a report, among them was finding President Benigno Aquino III “ultimately responsible” for the incident.
She noted that the decision of the rules committee to return the report was released to the media, but her office has not yet received it.
“Gusto kong linawin sa Lunes ang boto ng Rules ukol dito at kung may tututol. Sapagkat ganito, hindi nila nilagay on record kung sino sa mga komite ang may gusto nitong buksan. Kailangan naman maging maayos at transparent ‘yon,” Poe said.
“Sa tingin ko, ito’y matutuloy pero kinakailangan talaga on the record lahat po ‘yan, kasi wala po sa transcript namin…”
This, she said, would dispel allegations that the reopening of the investigation was politically motivated and that it was decided by only one person.
“Hindi kasi sa namumulitika. Importante po ginagampanan natin ang ating trabaho. E mahirap na pong masisi na sasabihin, e ikaw lang ang gustong magpabukas niyan. Hindi po. Ito po’y proseso natin,” Poe added.
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