Ampatun town,Maguindanao –104th Brigade conveys
gratitude for the people’s cooperation in the peaceful and successful
commemoration of the Maguindanao Massacre
Ampatuan Town, Maguindanao _ Col. Mario Mendoza, commanding
officer of the 104th Infantry (Sultan) Brigade based at Tacurong
City conveyed to the organizers and the participants his thanks and gratitude for
the peaceful and successful commemoration of the Maguindanao Massacre held on
November 23, 2010.
Col. Mendoza earlier stressed that tight security measures
were planned and implemented in tandem with local police authorities around
Ampatuan town weeks before the commemoration affair to ensure the safety of the
government officials and civilians attending the one year anniversary of the
Maguindanao Massacre on November 23, 2010. He said security measures were made
for ranking government officials and civilians to prevent any disruption and
any untoward incidents on the occasion of
the commemoration affair.
Meantime, 104th Infantry Brigade Civil-Military
Operations Officer, Major Alonto Maamo said that the security measures were
made for both the ranking officials of government and for the civilians
attending the affair
The infamous Maguindanao Massacre killed 57 persons including
32 journalists in Barangay Salman, Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao. The massacre site is roughly 6 to 7 kilometers from the
Ampatuan Highway.
The successful commemoration affair of the Maguindanao
Massacre held at the very site where the victims were killed and buried and
later unearthed by government authorities, was attended by tens of thousand
government officials, friends and relatives of the victims, peace advocates,
and journalists.
The commemorative events at the massacre site include
expressions of sentiments of government officials, relatives of victims,
peace advocates and civilians calling
for justice to prevail; interfaith prayer at the marker where the names
of the victims were listed, releasing of balloons, and planting of trees at the
very site where the victims were buried with the use of a government owned back
hoe.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima read the message of President
Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III sympathized with the bereaved families as he
declared November 23 as the Day of Remembrance. Secretary Teresita Deles of the
Office of the Presidential Assistant on Peace Process also called for justice
for the promotion of peace in Mindanao. Maguindanao Governor Esmail “Toto”
Mangudadatu also urged that justice be served and the restoration, not only of
peace in Mindanao but also of the ill-gotten wealth of the Ampatuans for the
good of the people. Representatives of church, media and civic oriented organizations also called
for peace to prevail.
Similar commemoration events were also held by media and
civic organizations in various parts of
the country enjoining authorities to serve justice in the interest of peace.
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