The first time I read about Senator Juan Ponce Enrile requesting that the Senate reopen its inquiry on the Mamasapano incident that killed the SAF44, I thought it was a fitting tribute for the fallen special action force policemen a year after their death.

Ah, but on radio for most of the same day, and on mainstream news Friday, what was heard was the refusal to acknowledge the value of reopening this investigation for discussion in the Senate. The spin was clear: there is no point to reopening this case, other than, one, political grandstanding, because, two, the first Senate Report on Mamasapano was, is, enough.

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