Thursday, November 26, 2009

Ampatuan vs. Mangudadatu: Political Rivalry lead to the death of 57 innocent people

The heat of the up and coming elections have proven to be the worst of it's time in the Philippine history.

Certainly, there have been a lot of political killings done over the past years, decades but the Philippines has never seen anything like this!

A total of 57 people died in one day. Imagine how many innocent lives have been lost in that one day. Around 22 women, 27 journalists and 15 motorists were killed.

There are a lot of things that happened this week. Facts and opinions have been raised as to whether justice will prevail.

Nevertheless, Mangudadatu still determined to run for the gubernatorial race. Today, November 27, 2009, he filed his COC (certificate of candidacy) to formally announce and make it official that he is running for governor this coming May 2010 elections.

On the other hand Ampatuan Jr. submit himself to the authority. However, his submission is not deemed as his way of surrendering to the police to admit that he is the one responsible for the massacre. Until now, he is telling the public that he is not guilty of the crime committed.

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