MADRIGAL ON GMA REPORT TO CONGRESS - A SHAM!

PGMA's report to Congress is nothing but an account of the massacre without any direct or indirect evidence of rebellion. What is strange is that there has long been lawless violence in Maguindanao and the Ampatuans have been allowed to rule with impunity by this very same administration.

Ngayon ay nag-iba na ang tugtugin ng Malacanang. Ang nangyari rito ay bunsod ng lumalang gulo ng dalawang warlord clans kung saan ang isang angkan ay mas malapit sa kusina. Bakit kailangang parusahan ang ibang mga mamamayan na walang kinalaman?

This is a sham. Ito ay isang malaking sarsuwela na nagpapatunay lamang na 'di seryoso si Ginang Arroyo na parusahan ang kanyang minamanok na pamilya Ampatuan.

It is a sad day indeed for the Filipino people when a human rights violation is perpetrated by the government to cover up the massacre of innocent victims. By declaring martial law in Maguindanao, PGMA can now effectively curtail the human rights of many people who have nothing to do with these unspeakable murders.

By restricting the human rights of all Maguindanaoans, PGMA may be covering up the unsavoury truth that continues to emerge. Is this another evil scheme to hide telling evidence of electoral fraud?

The imposition of martial law is but a demented diversionary tactic adopted by the Arroyo administration to show that the President is in control but which may eventually lead to the exoneration of her political allies as the heinous crimes of multiple murder and rebellion are difficult to prove under our criminal statutes. Only an evil mind covering up the sins of a political lackey can come up with this. Clearly, she is pushing the envelope too far.

I now ask: Why declare martial law after the fact? Is this merely a subterfuge to eventually free the Ampatuans? Abangan!