IT is fitting and it is high time that Congress moves to assert its authority in demanding the conferment of the Medal of Valor on the SAF commandos involved in the Mamasapano incident last January 25

In a rare show of unity and resolve, the House of Representatives of Congress, comprising both the majority and minority blocs, has demanded that the Aquino administration should fast-track the conferment of the Medal of Valor, the highest award of the Philippine National Police, on the 44 members of the PNP Special Action Force troopers who were killed in and who survived the incident in Mamasapano.

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