Tamano calls Maguindanao martial rule an 'outrage'
MANILA – Nacionalista Party senatorial bet Adel Tamano has branded as an “outrage” President Arroyo’s decision to put the province of Maguindanao under martial law.
Tamano, who is a Muslim himself, said that steps on solving the Maguindanao massacre should have been done within legalities.
“While all Filipinos, Mindanaoans especially, want swift justice against the monsters who committed the massacre, it must be done within the bounds of law,” Tamano said in a statement.
He added that although the incident in Maguindanao will need speedy resolution, the current situation does not warrant the need for a martial rule.
“The lack of actual - not merely possible or imminent - rebellion shows the illegality of the declaration,” he said.
“The Maguindanao massacre was an outrage but you do not solve it by committing an outrage on the rights of Mindanaoans, specifically those of Muslim Mindanao, by declaring unconstitutional martial law,” he added.
Tamano said Mindanao has suffered much when the whole country was placed under martial law in the ‘70s. Now that the same rule has been applied to Maguindanao, he said the people of the province will suffer the same fate.
"Majority of Maguindanaons who were the victims themselves of the warlords - who were created by this administration - will now have to suffer the yoke of martial law."
President Arroyo imposed martial law on Maguindanao late on Friday in an effort to rein in the Ampatuan family, a clan that until the massacre had ruled the province with the backing of the ruling coalition.
Clan members are accused of being behind the massacre of a rival politician's relatives, as well as journalists and other civilians.
One clan member, Andal Ampatuan Jr, was detained shortly after the killings and charged with 25 counts of murder.
Police allege he and 100 members of an Ampatuan militia shot dead the occupants of a convoy that included female relatives of his rival for the post of governor in next year's elections, as well as a group of journalists.
Andal Ampatuan Sr, the clan patriarch, has been governor of Maguindanao since 2001, and like other members of his family had a private army that the government alleges was involved in the rebellion.
Ampatuan Sr was among 5 clan members detained on Saturday after martial law was declared.
Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said the Ampatuans will be charged with rebellion.
She said the rebellion charges would be on top of murder cases being prepared against them over the November 23 massacre.
A total of 32 people were taken into custody during Saturday's raids, including 20 militiamen who were found in a warehouse belonging to Ampatuan Jr that contained 340,000 rounds of ammunition for M16 assault rifles. -With a report from Agence France-Presse
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tamano
tamano, bagay na bagay kayo ni noy.
Kailan pa
Hihintayin pa ba mag karoon ng reellion bago mag deklara ng Martial Law? Mr. Tamano, abugado ka pero ginagamit mo ang iyong talino
para lasunin at isipan ng mamamayan. Kong ikaw ay nasa Administrayon anong sasabihin mo sa issue na ito!!!Kaya ang sa iyo ay para lang mapansin at mag kunwaring opposition pero sa puso mo tama ang pag deklara ng Martial Law ng Goberno hindi ni Gloria.
Sa Human Rights, linibing na ang mga biktima na hindi niyo manlang ipinakita ang buo niyong supporta sa kanila, ngayon ang binabantayan niyo ang militar at police.Kong doon kayo sa Mindanao kaya tumira kong sino ang aabuso sa inyo.
Bayan, Akbayan, Gabriela, diba si ampatuan ang suspect sa pag massaker, dapat doon kayo sa NBI mag Rally, bakit walang mga rally doon!!Dahil puro lang kayo dak-dak.At pwerhisyo sa mamamayan at sa bayan. PWEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Mapaglaro
Mapaglaro lang ang mga kritiko na ito!! sila ba ang apektado?? hindi tayong mahihirap,dahil ang mga yan mayayaman yan, kaya kahit anong mangyari sa mindanao wala silang pakialam.Pakunwari!!Mr. Tamano,.yan din ang pamilya niyo noong panahon, may mga private armies din noon kayo kaya wag kanang pumapel dito!!.Unahin niyong matulungan ang mga biktima, Mayroon bang nag bigay nang financial support sa mga pamilya ng biktima galing sa mga opposisyon? Nasaan?
Mr. Ramamo, Escudero, FVR Marcos kayo ang nakinabang ng Martial Law ni
Marcos noon, kaya lang dahil mga hipokrito kayo hindi kayo san-ayon dahil Si Gloria si Gloria, mga ulol, hindi si gloria ang problima dito ang mga tao at biktima at katahimikan ng Maguindanao.
Kong pwede wag niyong i kumpara ang Martial Law ni Marcos at Martial Law sa Mindanao dahil sa Maguindanao ang mga tao ang makikinabang and sa kay Marcos KAYO ANG NAKINABANG. intindi??
Yan ba ang mga klasing kandidato?? hangang ngayon puro pamumulitika sa halip na tumulong nalang?
Mga kababayan ,kong gusto nating mag karoon ng kinabukasan ang ating bansa, bumuto tayo sa kandidatong may Martial Law ang kamay hindi ang may kyutex at lipstiks!! ayyyyyyyy kakaloka, kong nag kataon
may mananalong BADING!!!!! PAG HAHAMPASIN NALANG KAYA ANG MGA AMPATUAN NG PAMAMAYPAY AT KURUTIN ANG HITA!!!!
MARTIAL IS GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY
MARTIAL LAW IS GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY. KAMAY NA BAKAL ANG KAILANGAN PARA MAIPATUPAD ANG BATAS. IPAGPATULOY ANG MARTIAL LAW . NASA LIKOD NINYO ANG MGA MAMAYAN PILIPINO. DON'T LISTEN TO THOSE POLITICIAN NA GUSTO LANG MAKIRIDE SA ISSUE. DISARM EVERYBODY PRIVATE ARMIES, MILF, LOCAL CITIZEN WHO POSSES FIRE ARMS. LINISIN NATIN ANG BAYAN SA MASAMANG ELEMENTO AT MATITGAS ANG ULO. WALA NG PATAPATAWAD. KAYA MGA KABABAYAN ANG KAILAGAN NATIN IBUTO PRESIDENTE YONG LALAKING AT HINDI YON PABAKBAKLA. MARAMING KANDIDATO NGAYON MAY FEMININE QUALITIES.
Gobyerno
Kung ang tunay na gobyerno ay mga taong bayan, so ang verdict ng taong bayan ay maparusahan ang mga Ampatuans at dapat i-silya elektrika, right? Bakit hindi ito nangyayari? Sino ba talaga ang gobyerno, si GMA or ang taong bayan? Ano ba ang definition ng rebellion at invasion para makapag deklara ng Martial Law? I need someone with legal background para maliwanagan ang buong mamamayan.
Tell that to the Dead Journalist
Kung hindi pa kayo kumbinsido na rebellion ito. Tell it to the 30 journalists family, that this Martial Law should be lifted because it is unfair to the Ampatuans to be arrested but not to those shot cold blooded and raped. Better yet, rally with Escudero, Pangilinan and rest to lift and release the Ampatuans so they can kill again.
Rebellion
Sa mga may pagiisip ng talangkang bato: Ang gobyerno ay ang mga tao, hindi si GMA, hindi ang kapitolyo, hindi ang senado, hindi ang Malacanang palace. The government is the people, their ideals, their socially accepted legal norms. The 57 victims (30 journalist, 2lawyers, rest civilians mostly women) is a widely represented section of the government. They were slaughtered by 100+ armed group (CAFGU, police, military, goons) who planned it evidenced with ready excavated mass grave. More armed groups are being cited and arms depots uncovered, obviously in support of the power that be. Ordinary local residents are fleeing to avoid crossfire, they should know better what is going on in their area than Tamano. Only a moron and die hard GMA hater should think this is not rebellion. Do we need to see guns blazing, houses burning, women and children lying in the streets with bullets in their heads to call it rebellion?
Napaka hunghang naman intong maka Gloria!
Hoy gising! Paano naging rebellion ang murder? Aber, sigue nga, ayon na ayon kayo sa martial law na iyan kuno, di niyo ba naiisip (dahil mga stupid/bobo kayo), na makakaluost ang mga Ampatuan na iyan, dahil unconstitutional ang martial law na iyan? Hindi niyo ba natatanto na moro moro lang iyan para maabswelto ang mga Ampatuan? THINK! Ah, wala pala kayong utak, kaya you can't do that.
PLEASE HELP CONSTRUCT PEACE AND NOT TO DISTRACT PEACE EFFORT
KUNG WALA KAYONG MAGAWA STOP CONDEMNING ALL PEACE EFFORT, PATI BA NAMAN DITO BANGAYAN PA RIN NG BANGAYAN,PAGALINGAN SA BATAS, SA TECHNICALITY,SA LEGALITY, EH MGA BY THE BOOK PALA KAYO LAHAT EH. NAGBABARILAN NA, BABASAHIN MO PA ANG LIBRO NG CONTSTITUTION?
KUNG KAILAN MAY EFFORT, NANDYAN KAYO BANAT NG BANAT. REMEMBER, A GOOD CITIZEN PRODUCE A GOOD LEADER. WHY WE HAVE NOT PRODUCING GOOD LEADER, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOOD CITIZEN EITHER....AMEN
TAMANO/RAMOS/ESTRADA - YOU ARE ALL PRETENDERS!!!
Shame on all of you!. While everybody is clamoring for swift justice for the massacre victims, you idiots are pretending not to appreciate Martial Law in Maguindanao just because it came from President Gloria.
Can anyone of you handle the situation any faster? Take note that the Ampatuan clan wields tremendous power and thousands of modern and expensive guns and ammunition and to add the battery of lawyers who "legally" can stop any planned arrest or search by the authorities. If these hoodlums remain at large, who will you blame? None other than PGMA for not taking action.
Without ML, I believe swift action will never materialize against the Ampatuans. You guys better get back to your senses and accept the President's decision to implement ML in Maguindanao, especially you Estrada, the greatest pretender. Stop embarassing yourself and stop meddling on highly sensitive issues such as this. Nababoy ka na sa UST, nababoy ka na ni Ted Failon ayaw mo pa ring tumigil!