‘Maguindanao massacre a handiwork of the devil’

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    MALOLOS CITY – About a hundred journalists and students wearing black shirts joined an indignation and prayer rally for the victims of Maguindanao massacre at the Heroes Park of the Bulacan State University (BulSU) here yesterday.

    The rally was also marked with an empty casket and lighting of candles in memory of some 45 victims massacred at Ampatuan town in Maguindanao on Monday.

    In a unified statement, the participants condemned the killing which they described as a handiwork of the devil and demanded immediate justice for the victims.

    They also expressed alarmed on the killings and called on the government and the public alike to be vigilant, and called for the end of culture of impunity in the country.

    Kung tutuusin, malayo sa atin ang insidenteng ito ngunit hindi na tayo maaring manatiling tahimik katulad ng dati kapag may pinaslang na mamamahayag dahil sa pananaw na hindi tayo apektado dito sa Bulacan,” the unified statement prepared by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Bulacan chapter said.

    “Ang Maguindanao masaker ay isang palatandaan ng failure of government.  Hindi lang ito isang halimbawa ng impunity o kawalang napaparusahan.  Ito mismo ang impunity. Dati ay paisa-isang mamamahayag o abogado ang pinapaslang. Hindi pa sila nasiyahan. Ngayon ay maramihan na. Masaker na.  Ito ay bunga ng culture of impunity na yumabong sa kapabayaan ng gobyerno,” it added.

    They also stressed that the indignation rally was meant to sound an alarm that Bulakenyos will take a stand and will not allow similar incidents in the province.

    “Ang pahayag na ito ay isang palatandaan na hindi tayo mananatiling tahimik, hindi tayo papayag na maghari ang karahasan, at hindi na tayo papayag na maulit ang Maguindanao Masaker, o kaya ay pamarisan ito sa iba pang lugar,” the statement said.

    “Kami ay naniniwala na walang sinuman ang karapatang pumaslang.  Maging ang mga kriminal ay binibigyang pagkakataong magtanggol sa sarili sa hukuman.  Ang Maguindanao Masaker ay isang produkto ng diablo; ng mga taong nag-iisip ng kapamahakan at karahasan sa kanyang kapwa sa madilim na bahagi ng kanilang kaluluwa.”

    As this developed, local publishers and campus journalists also expressed support for the victims and vowed to be more vigilant. 


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