Six months after, still no closure on Mamasapano

Six months after the Mamasapano incident on January 25, the nation and the families of the fallen SAF 44 still have to find closure in the tragedy. No cases have been filed against the perpetrators of the murder and officials who botched the operation. No court martial of a man in uniform has been ordered.

But the source of greatest dismay is the failure of official probers to establish the extent of President Aquino’s responsibility and accountability. At best, we have gotten Aquino’s vague acceptance of responsibility for what happened. When Sen. Grace Poe failed to ask him a single question in the Senate inquiry, when she declared that Aquino is “ultimately responsible,” and when she decided unilaterally not to make a report on the Senate inquiry, she cast the incident and the victims into limbo.