The Kidapawan massacre and Aquino’s blindness to farmers’ plight

Why does it take a tragedy or a massacre to awaken outrage, conscience and awareness in this country?

Under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, our principal wake-up nightmares were the Maguindanao massacre (which took place in the same province where the Mamasapano massacre would later take place) and the Hacienda Luisita massacre, which took place in the family hacienda of the Aquino family clan, which can boast of contributing two Filipino presidents in the span of a mere 30 years (1986-2016).