I thought the horrendous massacre of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos would make them angry enough, but the Senate hearing on the atrocity the past two days convinced me more than ever: We are a damaged Republic; the Senate is under the President’s thumb.

Why didn’t any of our senators ask that important question a fiercely independent Senate would have asked Secretaries Mar Roxas, Voltaire Gazmin, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Leonardo Catapang and even former Police Chief Alan Purisima?:

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