AND so erstwhile PNP Chief Alan Purisima has resigned! So what? It still has not made things clearer as far as who was truly in command of the situation during that fateful day. Is that gesture of accepting the resignation of Purisima meant to appease the grieving nation? I doubt if it will.

Judging from reports in both broadcast and print detailing the chronology of events on that fateful day in Mamasapano, it appears the 44 SAF commandos trapped in the cornfield were abandoned and left to die while concentration was on extricating the assault force with Mawan’s finger. What other conclusion can one derive when you hear reports that more than 300 other SAF members were just there in the highway waiting for instructions that never came. Where is the operational plan detailing troop disposition? Where were the lapses?

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