In trying to shield President B. S. Aquino 3rd from any accountability for the death of the 44 Special Action Force police commandos in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, former Philippine National Police chief Alan Purisima virtually immolated himself, took the grand prize for lying, and all but dethroned Beelzebub as “the father of all lies.” He claimed total accountability for the fiasco, and tried to whitewash it of any presidential culpability or involvement. But the attempted whitewash failed to wash. Aquino remains stuck where he is.
According to Purisima, “the responsibility, the accountability rests with me,” without saying that he now awaits his just desserts within the power of the law. He admitted running Operation Exodus for the President, briefing him regularly on it, but “failing to coordinate” with the AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Gregorio Catapang Jr. and the acting PNP Chief Leonardo Espina, after involving SAF commander Getulio Napenas in it. And he did all this while under suspension by the Ombudsman as PNP Chief in connection with serious corruption charges.
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