Ampatuan Massacre Victims to File P15-Million Lawsuit Against CGMA
The relatives of the 57 Ampatuan massacre victims in 2009 in Maguindanao are planning to sue former President and now Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over the killings, which they claim she could have prevented, their lawyer said.
The Maguindanao Massacre, dubbed as the country�s worst politically motivated bloodbath and the worst single killing of journalists in the world (32 media workers dead), is now on its 2nd year tomorrow, November 23, and justice is still elusive to the victims� relatives.
Two Arroyo allies, including former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., are among about 100 suspects being tried on murder charges, and now they are about to file charges to the former President who has been on hospital arrest since last week for electoral fraud.
Although Arroyo has condemned and denied any knowledge of the killings, lawyer Harry Roque believed she should have known that Ampatuan and his son were a danger.
�She not only funded and armed the Ampatuans but gave them the sense of influence. She could have prevented it. She knew about possible dangers,� he said.
The lawsuit is set to be filed today, November 22, seeking 15 million pesos in damages.
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The Maguindanao Massacre, dubbed as the country�s worst politically motivated bloodbath and the worst single killing of journalists in the world (32 media workers dead), is now on its 2nd year tomorrow, November 23, and justice is still elusive to the victims� relatives.
Two Arroyo allies, including former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., are among about 100 suspects being tried on murder charges, and now they are about to file charges to the former President who has been on hospital arrest since last week for electoral fraud.
Although Arroyo has condemned and denied any knowledge of the killings, lawyer Harry Roque believed she should have known that Ampatuan and his son were a danger.
�She not only funded and armed the Ampatuans but gave them the sense of influence. She could have prevented it. She knew about possible dangers,� he said.
The lawsuit is set to be filed today, November 22, seeking 15 million pesos in damages.
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