This is why I hate politics so much. :010: Sana ma kamit nila ang hustisya.

Dozens of gunmen abducted the group of journalists, supporters and relatives of a gubernatorial candidate as they traveled through Amputuan township Monday to file candidacy documents in the provincial capital for May 2010 elections.

The gubernatorial candidate, Ismael Mangudadatu, who was not a part of the convoy, accused a powerful political rival from the Amputuan clan of being behind the slayings. There is a longstanding bitterness between the two families.

Mangudadatu's wife, Genalyn, and his two sisters, were among the dead.

The bodies found in the grave, about six feet (two meters) deep, were dumped on top of one another. They included a pregnant woman. Grieving relatives helped identify their loved ones before they were given the bodies, covered by banana leaves, for burial.

The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies, pushing the death toll to 46 in some of the deadliest election violence in the nation's history.

Police and soldiers found 22 bodies in a hillside mass grave Tuesday, adding to the 24 bullet-riddled bodies recovered near the scene of Monday's massacre in Maguindanao province, said Chief Superintendent Josefino Cataluna of the Central Mindanao region.

This southern region of the Philippines is wracked by violent political rivalries, in addition to a long-running Islamic insurgency, but the killings have shocked this Southeast Asian nation. One adviser to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has described the massacre as the worst in the country's recent history. A media rights watchdog also says that it appears to be the world's worst mass killing of journalists, with as many as 20 reportedly among the dead.

Source: Yahoo! News

2 Comments

Alam mo kasalanan din ni Gloria ang nangyaring iyan. Hindi lalakas ang loob ng mga Ampatuan na mag maintain ng private army at gawin ang karumaldumal na krimeng ito kung hindi malakas ang loob nila na hindi sila pwedeng salingin ng administrasyon. Ginamit kasi sila nila Gloria upang makapandaya sa mga nakaraang eleksyon at upang ipang sangga laban sa MILF. Nakakarma ngayon si Gloria. Marami pang baho ang magsusulputan na magpapatunay ng kabahuan at kabulukan ng Arroyo administration. Thanks for the post. God bless you always.
Bojoy said…
I strongly agree with you Kuya Mel! Grabe talaga tong nangyaring to! I feel so sad about it. Hhintayin ko talaga kung anong action ang ggawin ni Gloria to solve this problem. Sana nga ma kamit nila ang justixa, pero i doubt Gloria. Glorian will surely go down kung hindi to ma ssolve.