Now that the Senate Committee on Public Order, chaired by Sen. Grace Poe, has had two days of its inquiry into the Mamasapano incident and will continue on Thursday, the people awaits its decision whether the commander-in-chief will be held as liable as his “tuta,” Dir. Gen. Allan Purisima, for the death of 44 police commandos out to get two terrorist figures last month in the lairs of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and its “partner” the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).

Though relieved PNP-Special Action Force Dir. Getullo Napeñas, during the hearing, has announced that it was only his decision to send the troops that day but informed only the suspended PNP chief, senators raised their eyebrows in disbelief.

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