Majority of Senators agree PNoy responsible in Mamasapano incident

Senator Grace Poe, Chairman of the committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs who led the Senate Investigation on the January 25, 2015 Mamasapano incident,  shows the findings of the Senate Committee in which 15 Senators have already signed. She said that President Benigno Aquino III is the ultimate responsible for the operation when he allowed the suspended PNP Chief Director General Alan Purisima to oversee the operation.

Those who signed were Senators:

1. Francis Escudero
2. Vicente Sotto III
3. Sergio Osmeña III
4. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
5.  Alan Peter Cayetano
6.  Nancy Binay
7.  Ralph Recto
8.  Pia Cayetano
9.  Jinggoy Estrada
10. Gregorio Honasan II
11.  Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr.
12.  Joseph Victor Ejercito
13. Miriam Defensor Santiago
14. Jinggoy Estrada
15.  Grace Poe

However, the Report will be presented to the plenary in May 2015 as Poe wanted to wait first for the additional attachments from the senators.

“There are still some missing jigsaw (pieces) to the puzzle but I agree on the three objectives of Katotohanan, Katarungan, and Kapayapaan. Everybody shares the blame; 44 lives were lost. We could have done better. It should not have been a suicide mission,” Sotto said.

“If he can own up to it, I’m sure the people would be less confused. The President must bear responsibility for giving assent to and failing to prevent the unlawful exercise of official functions by (then suspended PNP chief Director General Alan) Purisima in connection with Oplan Exodus,” Poe said.

The President, however, can only be held responsible through impeachment.