By Francisco "Pancho" Lara Jr. Research Associate at the Crisis States Research Center, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics.
The Maguindanao massacre predicts the eruption of wider violence and conflict as the nation heads towards the 2010 elections. Yet to dismiss this incident as "election-related" is to miss the fundamental political and economic implications of this evil deed. The massacre is rooted in the shift in politico-economic sources of violence and conflict in Muslim Mindanao. It signifies the emergence of new-type warlords whose powers depend upon their control of a vast illegal and shadow economy and an ever-growing slice of internal revenue allotments (IRA). Both factors induce a violent addiction to political office.
Mindanao scholars used to underscore the role of "local strong men" who were an essential component of the central state's efforts to extend its writ over the region. The elite bargain was built upon the state's willingness to eschew revenue generation and to grant politico-military dominance to a few Moro elites in exchange for the latter providing political thugs and armed militias to secure far-flung territories, fight the communists and separatists, and extend the administrative reach of the state.
The economic basis of the elite bargain has changed since then. Political office has become more attractive due to the billions of pesos in IRA remittances that electoral victory provides. The "winner-takes-all" nature of local electoral struggles in Muslim Mindanao also means that competition is costlier and bloodier. Meanwhile, political authority may enable control over the formal economy, but the bigger prize is the power to monopolize or to extort money from those engaged in the lucrative business of illegal drugs, gambling, kidnap-for-ransom, gun-running, and smuggling, among others. The piracy of software, CDs and DVDs, and the smuggling of pearls and other gemstones from China and Thailand are seen as micro and small enterprises. These illegal economies and a small formal sector comprise the "real" economy of Muslim Mindanao.
The failure to appreciate how this underground economy, coupled with entitlements to massive government-to-government fund transfers, shapes prevailing notions of political legitimacy and authority in the region partly explains the inability of the central state to deal with lawlessness and conflict.
Political legitimacy in Muslim Mindanao has very little to do with protecting people's rights or providing basic services. People rarely depend on government for welfare provision, and are consequently averse to paying any taxes. People actually expect local leaders to pocket government resources, and are willing to look the other way so long as their clans dominate and they are given a small slice during elections. Legitimacy is all about providing protection to your fellow clan members by trumping the firepower of your competitors, leaving people alone, and forgetting about taxes.
There were positive signs in the recent past, especially among the Moro women and youth who bore the brunt of conflict and who sought a different future. But achieving their aspirations depends on their ability to rise above clan structures and the dynamics of hierarchy and collective self-defense that bound its members. This dilemma was painfully exposed in the Maguindanao massacre, where Moro women who usually played a strategic role in negotiating an end to rido became its principal victims.
The sad thing about the recent massacre is that it could have been avoided. Everyone in Central Mindanao knew about the looming violence between the Ampatuan and Mangudadatu clans as early as March 2009, when the latter's patriarch Pax Mangudadatu confronted Andal Ampatuan in a public gathering and made known his clan's intention to challenge the latter's political hold on Maguindanao. This threat was in turn based on the knowledge that Ampatuan was planning to undermine the Mangudadatus by fielding a challenger against them in Sultan Kudarat.
In short, the "looming" rido which pundits are predicting today actually started more than six months ago. Yet neither Malacanang nor the Comelec, PNP, and the AFP made any attempt to monitor their activities, disarm their private security, demobilize their loyalists within the police and military, and ring-fence their camps.
Why?
The answer lies in the newfound role of Muslim Mindanao to national political elites. The region is known for a long history of electoral fraud. The difference today lies in its ability to provide the millions of votes that can overturn the results of national electoral contests, a situation brought about by the creation of a sub-national state (ARMM) and reinforced by the sort of democratic political competition in the post-Marcos era that makes local bosses more powerful and national leaders more beholden to them. This was the case in the presidential elections of 2004 and the senatorial race in 2007. It will serve the same purpose in 2010. Whose purpose is served by arresting Ampatuan in an election year? Certainly not those of the ruling coalition.
This partly explains the foot dragging and the lame treatment of principal suspects in the massacre. And to those pressing for limited martial rule in Maguindanao, beware what you wish for. Having a surfeit of troops on the ground can provide a superficial peace at best. At worse, it may facilitate the same type of electoral fraud in 2010, or leverage the firepower of one clan over another.
In a region where the rebellion-related conflict between the GRP-MILF received all of the national and international community's attention and aid, NGOs such as International Alert and the Asia Foundation have often decried the ignorance and indifference of the government and donor agencies to community-based inter and intra clan violence. As International Alert asserts, it is time to focus on the confluence between both types and sources of violence and conflict. Indifference will only lead to more death and destruction as the election approaches, when a convergence between rebellion-related, and inter and intra clan conflict occurs as military forces and armed rebels take sides between warring clans and factions.
Mindanao scholars such as Patricio Abinales, James Putzel, and John Sidel have previously noted how local strong men made Mindanao, and how the region provided an ideal case of the country's "imperfect democracy" and "political bossism." More recently, the conflict scholar Stathis Kalyvas called attention to the birth of "ruthless political entrepreneurs" who shape and are shaped by the dynamics between states, clans, and conflict.
The viciousness of the Maguindanao attack shows how these phenomena resonate here. It demonstrates the weak and narrow reach of the central Philippine state in Muslim Mindanao, and how the continued reliance on local strong men will not end the cycle of violence.
hay...! nako..!? ALAM NINYO GANITO IYAN KAPAG IKAW ANG HARE(GOVERNADOR) Eg. AMPATUAN FAMILY, MAYOR,POLIS NA MATAAS,MILITAR NA HINDE TAPAT SA BAYAN, HIRE KILLERS) SA MAGUINDANAO SA IBA PANG PARTE NG MINDANAO AY HAWAK MO LAHAT ANG POLITICO SA TUKA! KAPAG ELECTION TIME NA PUNTAHAN IYAN SA MGUINDANAO AT IBA PARTE NG MINDANAO. PRESEDENTIAL CANDIDATES,VICE, SENATORIAL CANDIDATES SA GOVERNOR NG LUGAR NILA....! ANG UNANG TANONG SA KANILA (GOVERNOR)MAGKANO KA? IT MEANS MAGKANO KAYA MONG PERA...?kaya huwag kayong mag taka kung bakit may ZERO VOTE sila LACSON. PIMINTEL, FPJ.AT IBA PA. KASI LAWAY LANG ANG BINIGAY(speach bubble) puro bula ....ng bibig. NGAYON KAPAG NAG OFFER KA BILLION PESOS PARA PRESIDENT AT POWER SA LUGAR NILA..SA SENADOR! GANOON DIN IYAN... BIDDING SILA.... MILLIONAN ANG LABANAN.... MALAKE BIGAY MO SA LAHAT....EH..SURE NUMBER ONE KANG SENADOR NA LALABAS SA BOTOHAN...NO.2 MABABA ANG BIGAY..! WALANG BIGAY WALANG BOTO.ZERO VOTE. IYAN AT GANYAN ANG POLITIKA SA ATIN SA PILIPINAS... I HOPE NAKUHA NINYO ANG IBIG KONG SABIHIN...KAYA SA ELECTION ...KUNG SINUHULAN KAYO NG POLITIKO MASAMA ANG INTENSION NILA PARA SA KINA BUKASAN NINYO AT AANAKIN NINYO...ALWAYS REMEMBER THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE AT GANYAN ANG KAHINATNAN NATIN ULIT.KAYA IBOTO LAMANG YONG MABUTE ANG HAGAD SA PILIPINAS.AY IYONG MARANGAL ANG PAGKATAO.
I remember one of my classmates in the 70's said that one reason for the Moro struggle was the ordinary Moro frustration with the Moro royal bloods. This smacks parallel to the powerlessness of the mahihirap (poor) against the politicians.
Indeed the Ampatuan massacre is just sympton of a bigger sickness that Mindanao (indeed even the whole country) suffers from but treating this sysmpton is part of the cure.
Again, I am calling for the fall of the whole Ampatuan clan. If all of them cannot be jailed, the National government should take them out of public office permanently with no other reason of gross incompetence. Knowing what they have done to their province for the past decade and culture of violence they practice, lets see them try to live as ordinary citizens.
To Manilenos, Tagalogs and Cebuanos, you have the priviledge of hosting the central government and the centers of commerce. With this, you have a responsiblity of bringing development to the farthest reaches of our country. Our cities are more connected to the west than their own country. Stop daydreaming of living in California. Its time to think larger than yourselves. If not, then lets just move the capital to Mindanao.
Lastly, I warning the Filipinos that International Aid and corruption equals failed states. This is what is happening in Africa and what's happening in Maguindanao. It creates leaders that are not beholden to the puplic. Money that is suppose to feed and educate the people are turned in to bullets that terorize and kill.
I wonder why Sage isolated Manilenos, Tagalogs and Cebuanos when in fact the government is run by Ilocanos.
tama nga ang sabi ni r. santos. i salute your comments. Gano-on nangrari sa tulunan north cotabato. nakaraang election Genalyn Mangudadatu natalo sa pagka mayor kasi si LANI SARILLO PRESENT mayor ng tulunan ay gumagapang sa mga bahay bahay madaling araw para magbigay nang pera na butohin siya, at ang mga tangang taga tulunan nasilaw sa 500p to 1000t pesos. natalo si Genalyn at ngayon si LANI SARILLO walang ginawa sa tulunan kundi bawasan ang swldo ng mga municipal employee? so iyong binayad niya sa mga tao noong election nabawi rin niya! ang tulunan infrastructure sira na naman. crimes like magnanakaw balik nanaman. KASI UMUUPO LANG SIYA SA OFFICE AT AATEND NG MGA MEETING KUNO. MAYABANG PA HINDI MALAPITAN NG MGA TAO KUNG MAY PROBLEMA. IS SHE A GOOD MAYOR???? TULUNAN PEOPLE M A G S I N G K A Y O!!!!!! HUWAG MASILAW SA KWARTA...... TATAKBO NA NAMAN SI LANI SARILLO.
My heartfelt sorrow for you Genalyn, to ur inlaws , i didnt saw u personally but i new u a lot about u, i burst into tears i cant hold it while i keep reading news about you, . To lawyers, media, journalists and rest slaugthered by ANIMAL AMPATUANS, i am extending my condolonces and also cant hold my tears reading evry pages in the news.
ALLAH (PBUH) will punish you AMPATUAN if found out true. YOU ARE NOT A GOOD MUSLIM AMPATUAN AND THE REST OF YOUR 100 MEN.
ACCORDING TO HADITH IF " IF ONE ENGAGED KILLINGMUST BE PUNISHED BY GIVING HIS BLOOD AS WELL" .
Yeah, the massacre of the Mangudatus in maguindanao is very tragic. But for the information of everybody, killings are very rampant in Mindanao, mostly done by those already in power and very greedy for power that they want to remain in office for whatever cost. The main attraction is the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) amounting to millions of pesos. This allotments are not being used for the common good of the people, like infrastructure projects, social services and the like, but pocketed by most local (elected) executives. Just last Ocotber, the mayor of lumbacaonayan, apollo aloyudan caused the massacre of the ABC president and 4 women because he want to perpetuate fraud in the registration. Mr. Puno sir, if you can also suspend Aloyudan then these alligators will be restrained in their barbaric act. Hope the Mangudadtus are not as greedy for power as the ampatuans .
Mga Muslim salot sa Pilipinas! Balik kayong Borneo o Indonesia!
These clans are the old Moro fiefdoms and are political units by themselves. These clans traditionally wage war against other clans. Phil. tribes in the old days wage annual wars after harvest season for sport. To solve the problem, we must ensure that their authority do not extend outside their own clans. If two clans are mixed in one government unit, the election becomes a modern day war. Non-Moro communities must have secular governments. Autonomy must be granted on a per clan unit and not on a whole provincial region since that would make it a virtual modern empire. The massacre was an act of an emperor against a rival fiefdom.
Power over another was a primeval force that bedeviled modern society today. So far, we are only successful in convincing a cave-man to emerge from the cave but failed to tell him to leave behind the savage nature within.
The atmosphere that nurture this form of savagery is currently real in the Philippines, where corrupt leadership is more of a way of life than an aberation.
The country is sick. And the system badly needs an overhaul to address the disease that threatens the whole being of our society. Every political person sees this disease ravaging the core of our society and yet they ignore what they saw. The reason is just too obvious. The people running the system are also sick, and a sick system is an ideal opportunity to steal, murder and make a mockery of the law, to assert once more the savage make up a primordial self!
This is not about being christian against muslim or ilocano against bisaya etc. It doesn't matter wherever region in the country these people are from. They have committed a crime and should be punished accordingly, as well as those who are in power who tolerated them in having private armies with the virtue of an executive order.
The fake president who benifited from the vote rich region Maguindanao with the help of the hocus pocus of Garci and of course by the goons of Ampatuans, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is one those who are responsible for the death of 57 people, to the hundreds of activists who were slain, abducted, harrassed and arbitrarily detained and of course to all Filipino people who are starved to death and being killed slowly daily by her government.
The Ampatuans, their private armies, the AFP and PNP as instruments of state-sponsored terrorism, US-Arroyo regime and their cohorts will pay dearly to the people.
Justice for the Victims of Impunity!!!
Justice for the People!!!
Revolutionary Justice for all!!!
Kaya pala magulo sa Mindanao, kapwa Muslim naglalaban...
Media is partly to be blame of worsening of every issues from Mindanao, massacre is not a new to the Mindanaoans it is a tradition or part of Philippine regime carried out to the People of Mindanao.
Now, if all the filipinos are after the justice to the Maguindanao massacre, then solutions is only on the finger tip.
The liable to the Killings are:
1. CVO
2. The Leaders of CVOs- The Ampatuans
3. The Military- a handicapped military agency of the world promoting Genocide among the filipinos.
4. The Congress of the Philippines - voting the creation of CVOs.
5. The Senate of the Philippines - approving the creation of CVOs.
6. The Government of the Republic of the Philiipines - supporing all the Idiots ideas of military.
To achieved the Justice to the victims the case against the above accessories of crimes should be filed at intrenational court of Justice at Hague.
If we are going to eradicate Moro emperors in Mindanao, we might as well eradicate Haciendero emperors in the entire country. The Phil. presidency is actually an emperorship. Let us not allow the regional monarchies to rule the entire country like the Marcos Royalty of Ilocos Norte, the royalties of Ilocos Sur, Tarlac, Macapagal's of Pampanga, Leyte, Cebu, etc. In some countries in Africa, the constitution reduced the Royalties to ceremonial, cultural capacities, and banned from holding political positions.
TO TOMAHAWK,
MUSLIM TO MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN TO MUSLIM, MUSLIM TO CRRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN TO CHRISTIAN ARE ALL THE AS WE ARE THE SAME ANATOMY STRUCTURE.
NATAON LANG NA ANG MUSLIM THEY KILL IN FLOCKS, CHRISTIAN NAMAN PAISA-ISA PARANG NPA BA! PAGALIT AT MAY LAIT BANTAY KA HMPPPP!
HINDI KAYAY PAGALIT PATAGO KUTSILLO KAAGAD PATAY KA DIN. HINDI PAG-INGIT HOLDAPEN KA PATAY KA RIN. SO PEOPLE KILLING TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FEELINGS TO DO SO AS WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS WITH THE SAME INSTICNT.
TO ABUBAKKAR,
HUWAG MO NAMAN PABALIKIN ANG MGA MUSLIM SA BORNEO KASI KUNG MAALALA MO SI RAJA SULAIMAN SIYA ATING NINONO KAYA IISA LANG TAYONG MGA PILIPINO WITH KANYAKANYANG PANINIWALA IN RELIGION.
BUT UR COMMENTS MADE ME AMUSED THE WAY U WROTE UR LINES.
I'm not an expert on Philippine politics but I've visited the country many times and I take a keen interest in what's going on there.
This massacre, and a lot of the other problems in the Philippines seem to be based on greed, corruption and money. Mostly money.
I'm not sure I fully understand the Internal Revenue Allotment process but perhaps that's the first thing to look at. If we take the money away from these types of people and allocate it centrally then it may, perhaps, discourage power- and money-hungry people from going into politics in the first place and at the same time, deliver services directly to the people who need them. These politicians are clearly not in politics to look after the people so take their money away and perhaps they'll go away too and be replaced by politicians who really do care about the welfare of the citizens.
Tony,
Australia.
Congressman Rufus Rodriguez is seeking re-election in his district of CDO, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines and a situation has been brought to our attention that we want to inform him of.
Rufus Rodriguez owns a rental property in CDO that he rents out to a American expatriot of questionable agendas, records and past. I highly doubt Mr. Rodriguez knows of the kind of people his house is harboring so have decided to inform both him and the internet community in hopes of enlightening the situation during this campaigning period.
The American national currently residing in the house is one Gordon Elletson who goes by Gordy and posts on many internet forums using the name TexKano. Gordon Elletson is of a deffective mental state and is a admitted child abuser and basher of the Filipino populace. Please see link below of how Gordy Elletson , using his TexKano nic, admitted to hitting Xavier Madlangbayan with a cane and then proceeding to call the boys grandfather, Dr. Severino Madlangbayan,(who is seeking a city council seat in Iligan City) a banana eating monkey. Is this kind of elitest American truly the sort of expatriot that a elected Congressman wants to be connected to? Well Gordon Elletson seems to think the congressman loves him and will washover any mess he gets himself into. I find it hard to believe a elected congressman will forsake his constituents , who elected him, in a effort to protect a abusive foreign national.
The second expatriot, now deceased, is one Randall Chester Goings who goes by Bubba and posted on net under nic Bubbabobbaker. This fellow had a lengthy criminal record which included multiple drug charges. Randall Goings was brought to the Philippines by Gordon Elletson where he lived , together with Gordy, in the proprty owned by Congressman Rufus Rodriguez of CDO, Cagayan de Oro. This property is located on 69 bong bongon street CDO and even before Randall Goings moved to such property he was allready posting perverted things all over the internet. One example of his perversions took place on a internet dating site where he searched for a 4' tall bi-sexual and stated in his ad "the smaller you are the more I will love you". Evan smaller than 4'? Yikes, Was he looking for a dwarf or a underaged girl?
Anyway, I hope this message reaches Congressman Rodriguez and he can see below link for proofs regarding the accutations of the kind of expatriot he is harboring and who states the Congressman is protecting him. I feel the congressman has the right to know the facts in below link.
http://sexpatswallofshame.blogspot.com
Tony,
You missed the other half of the equation, and the answer to your questions.
BOTH of these clans are committed to deliver votes for the NATIONAL elections (President, senators, congressmen) to the parties who give them the IRA.
Take away the IRA, they will turn against the parties that control the government in Manila.
The National Government has no real control in Mindanao, because and they will never be able to control it.
What NOBODY has addressed, is what impact that will have on the WORLD political scene, and how close this is to Mindanao being Afghanistan (safe refuge for terrorists), and Manila being the country that is affected when foreign superpowers start waging direct war thru an independent state, that is obsessed with the "sovereignty" issue, yet has no control over its own territory, while its own people are suffering.
The problem, I think is more than just having an "imperfect democracy" and "ruthless political entrepreneurs"--because the fact remains that the people in Maguindanao tolerated a ruthless ruler....
As we Filipinos tolerated the ills of our "imperfect democracy"....
What the MILF doesn't understand is that the whole country knows exactly what's in their minds. It is not religion or freedom their fighting for but power and riches. Part of Luzon was moro, which is not actually race, or religion but cultural attitude. Manila can be called moro-Christian, or moro-Manila. When Legazpi tried to convince Sulaiman, Sulaiman said "I'm moro, do you think I'm a sucker?". Legazpi conquered Manila without bloodshed, but by losing, Sulaiman overthrew the Sultan of Borneo without bloodshed and from a district size kingdom, his descendants' territory expanded to whole Luzon. MILFs war is similar, from their clan turf they want to expand to cover other clans, with the aid of the unknowing International Community. It's all about power and land grabbing.
The Maguindanao Massacre was indeed a tragic beginning for a story yet to be written or told, but has a settled ending for those who are in power. The motif of this brutal act remains a big question until today, Malacanang declared Martial Law over Maguindanao. It gave me a bigger picture of the whole scenario. The Ampatuan brought her to power in 2004 by a zero vote to FPJ, and now here they are again, adding another page in our political history, this time resorting to violence in order to get a media millage, and yes they did catch the attention of the whole media worldwide. What would be the next step? Escalating the violence to metro areas, creating chaos, panic and rebellion, these are the scenarios they want to project, giving her all the reason to declare a nationwide martial rule, suspending the election and changing the form of government making herself the ultimate leader, a prime minister, thanks to her loyal subject the Ampatuans who are very much willing to become sacrificial lamb. But who knows, they may be resurrected by there own creator, and again become the ultimate governor for Maguindanao or the whole Mindanao for that matter. Atty Makalintal is right when he said, there is no way an elected president would step aside and give her way to become a prime minister. Why would she resort on that process when the Ampatuan can gave her an easier way to become one.
THERE'S ONLY ONE CURE TO THE SYSTEM - KILL THE SYSTEM....
But the first step is not disarming the ampatuans or any clans...disarm GLORIA (i refuse to call her president) and you disarm all her cronies. by disarming GLORIA, you have stopped the military and PNP's support to the warring clans; by disarming GLORIA, you disarm their political machineries...but the war doesn't stop there - we have to choose a leader who is ready to fight for our struggles..
SINCE WE ARE SEEKING FOR COLLECTIVE PEACE, WE REQUIRE COLLECTION ACTION - and that, my friends, is the core in fighting the system.
mr> Abubakar Not all muslims salot>>>> dont act like perfect...may muslim naman na mababait........bakit ikaw..are you sure na wala kang nagawang kasalanan??????
kaya pala ang iba ay nilalagay ang hustisya sa kanilang kamay...kasi di pinapakita ng goberno ang pantay na katarungan....
Look out from the least expected place. Everyone is worrying about the Martial Law which is in fact possibly a tool for the following:
1. To hide dirty little secrets that may have been provided not so legally.
2. To protect the process in such a manner so to be controlled by Malacanang.
3. To get hold of all the wealth that there is to be found from the (rumored) drug labs and other collectibles.
Now here is the real curveball no one is talking about.
Is it not the President who can offer clemency if those who commit crimes are found guilty within a presidential term?
What a way to say THANK YOU for your support!!!
The unfolding events in the country is very breathtaking. It would be very interesting to find out if Sultana Macapagal's cunning is worthy of her ancestors, and enable her to manipulate events and declare national martial law.
would it be logical to say that " justice" is a word meant for the rich, and " peace" is a word meant for the dead?
brethren, the era of today is very much infected of the "greed" virus. in the first place, politics would not be that interesting without money. so, money is the primary reason of these all. but there still other more heavy issue than that. man would ,in the first place, not commit to such criminal action if he is not greedy. so the main point is that greed is the start of all. "ampatuan" would not do that without such enough reason. BUT FOR SURE, HE HAS HIS OWN REASON, BUT THE QUESTION IS THAT " WILL HIS REASON JUSTIFIABLE ENOUGH IN THE EYES AND HEARTS OF US ALL?...................." IT IS NOT THAT "AMPATUAN" IS A MUSLIM THAT ALL MUSLIMS ARE LIKE HIM OR BAD... IT'S JUST THAT AMPATUAN IS ONE OF THE LOST SHEEP ON THE HANDS OF THEIR SHEPHERD...
Heto na naman ang mga Pilipinong sala sa init sala sa lamig sadyang magagaling talaga…wala nalang nakita matinu at puna ng puna sa lahat ng bagay pero pag tinanung mo ng clear cut na solution ang sasagot sa iyo ipagpasa Diyos nalang..pwe!...
Napapansin ko na karamihan ng di palo sa Martial Law na ito e yung mga taong wala naman talaga sa lugar na pinag deklrahan nito. Palibhasa ang pagakakalam lang nila sa buhay sa Mindanao ay base sa mga hawak nilalang libro, kesyo sabi sa mga libro e Unconstitutional, overreacting, overkill..pwe! Sabihin mo kaya yan sa isang taga Maguindanao na gabi gabi ay nababalutan ng takot na baka pasukin sila sa kanilang bahay ng mga di kilalang mga lalaki at pagpapatayin sila. Sabihin mo kaya yan sa mga namatayan hindi lang nung 57 kundi ng madami pa na hindi naipapakita sa balita.
Maiging siyasatin niyo din muna kung sinu sino ang mga tumutuligsa dito, baka ang pumupuna sa MAGNANAKAW ay kapwa niya MAGNANAKAW din. Nakakainis din ang iilang sa ating uto uto at nagpapauto na parang mas alam pa nila kung anu makakabuti sa mga taga-Maguindanao e di naman sila taga dun at di naman dinaranas ang hirap at takot na dulot ng lawlessness sa region.
At kung bakit din lubhang takot na takot sila at itinutulad ito sa Marcos era, maiging isaisip na sa panahon ni Marcos ay walang text, walang internet, walang cellphone, walang media AT WALANG ALAM ang mga tao sa martial law, ibig sabihin ay di lubos na naiintindihan ng karamihan ng kung anu talaga ito. Ngayon ay hindi ganun ang sitwasyun, kapag me nakita kang pang aabuso isang text lang sa ABS or GMA expose na agad rally na agad sa totoo lang hindi na pwede gawin yung katulad ng ginawa ni Marcos dati dahil VERY AWARE na tayong mga Pilipino sa mga maaring maidulot nito kapag ginamit sa maling agenda.
Sasabihin ng mga politico mauulit daw ang regimeng Marcos, aba’y ibig sabihin ba nun ay tingin ng mga Pulitiko sa atin ay wala tayong natutunan sa dating Martial Law? Na hindi natin alam bantayan ang mga pang aabuso naranasan natin dati kung sakaling may mag attempt na ulitin yun? Ganun ba katanga, kabobo at ka uto uto ang pagakakilala nila sa mga Pilipino na parang di tayo natututo sa mga nakaraang pagkakamali? Malamang siguro, e senate president nga natin ay susi sa dating martial law e at nagluluklok padin tayo ng mga namumuno na kurakot at walang kaluluwa.
Panahon ni Marcos.....sigaw ng tao kurakot ang Administrationg Marcos..Martial Law
Panahon ni Cory.....sigaw ng tao kurakot ang Administrationg Aquino..Kudeta
Panahon ni Ramos....sigaw ng tao kurakot ang Administrationg Ramos..Martial Law
Panahon ni Erap....sigaw ng tao kurakot ang Administrationg Estrada..Martial Law
Panahon ni Gloria....sigaw ng tao kurakot ang Administrationg Arroyo..Martial Law
Abay di ako magtataka na kahit sino maluklok sa Mayo e di pa umiinit ang tumbong sa Malakanyang mga Disyembre palang e me mga nagrarally na kontra ng emergency powers, cha cha at martial law. Turo ng turo, sisi ng sisi, puna ng puna pag tinanong mo ng solusyon..BOKYA..walang pinagkaiba sa pinupuna nila..pwe!..
Hindi kaya tayo ang may problema? Limang iba’t ibang administration iisa ang problema..abay sino ba ang naglalagay sa kanila or mas magadang tanung (lalo sa mga magsasabi “di ko naman binoto yan”) sino ang NAGPAPAHINTULOT na malagay sila sa kinalalagyan nila?
Sa mga simbahan naman na nakikisawsaw sa pulitika, siguro namay ipinagdadasal niyo sa Maykapal ang kaayusan ng bansa diba..e bakit kaya mukhang di kayo pinapakinggan ng Diyos? Hindi kaya DI KAYO PINAKIKINGGAN ng Diyos dahil mali mali ang intension niyo mismo pag lumalapit kayo sa Kaniya? Naka baka ayaw kayo pakinggan dahil KAYO mismo ay may itinatagong mga AGENDA?..esep eseseep!
Di ako bilib kay GMA pero sumasang ayon ako sa mga desisyong tama, hindi katulad ng iba diyan lahat nalang basta galing sa Administration e masama. Kasi sa mga taong tulad nito, hanggat di sila ang maluluklok sa gobyerno ay wala sila kakikitaang maganda sa nangyayari sa bansa, merun at merung makikitang butas yan. Gusto kasi sila lang ang magaling. Kahit si Obama pa iluklok mo dyan sa Malakanyang e merun padin mag mambabatikos dito. Mga Utak Alimango kasi.
Ang galing kasi ng iilan na mambatikos e, bakit sa Maynila ba nakakasalubong ka ng ordinaryong tao nakatsinelas lang e me bitbit na M203, 45 or M16?
Pulis? Militar? E ikaw ang bigyan ng option ni Ampatuan na either tanggapin mo ang lagay at magbulagbulagan or papatayin ka at ang buong pamilya mo. Alin ang pipiliin mo?
Ang least pag martial law kita mo ang kasalubong mo kung gabi e pulis at sundalo kasi naka-uniporme. E panu kung armadong civilian, panu mo malalamang private army ang kaharap mo? Sige nga. Kapag nakaatraso mo ang mga tulad nito, panu kana? Panu kung kursanadahin ka, panu na? Patay kang bata ka.
Panu kung mag armas ang mga makapangyarihang pamilya at maggiyera giyera sila dun, panu kana kapag naipit ka sa crossfire or mapagkamalang kang kabilang sa karibal na pamilya, panu kana? Edi abutin mo din yung inabot nung 57 katao or mas malala pa?
Wala sa Constitution din yun pero nangyayari yun sa Maguindanao so hahayaan nalang pala nating maging ganun sitwasyun dun ganun ba kasi overkill daw kasi Martial Law e “unconstitutional”.
Nakakasawa na kasi ang kakatalak ng iilan sa atin at mas nakakasawa na dahil limang administration na nakalipas at me mga uto uto padin nagpapadala sa grandstanding ng mga pulitiko. Nagmumukha na tayong mga tanga’t bobo dahil di tayo matuto tuto sa mga pagkakamali natin..pwe!
As a Filipino, we have moral obligation to find justice and peace in Maguindanao and Mindanao in general. If we can't, then we might as well let that island declare its independence from our republic.
If meeting this obligation is through martial law, then so be it. The show of military force obviously proves that finding peace is doable in that troubled spot of our country.
Now what we must ask from the military is put in prison the culprits, put the proper civilian government in place, get the business going. Hopefully our brothers and sisters in the south will find peace and be proud of being a Filipino.
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