COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao: Former North Cotabato Gov. Emmanuel Piñol denied involvement in any form in the protest of farmers and lumad (indigenous peoples) in Kidapawan City that killed three persons and wounded scores of others.
Piñol made the denial after Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala put the blame on local politics and specifically pointed to the former governor for instigating the farmers, leading to the bloody dispersal by the police on Friday.
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