The declaration of martial law in Maguindanao is not the answer to the cry for justice for the victims of the November 23 massacre allegedly perpetrated by top local government officials allied to the Arroyo regime — all members of the warlord Ampatuan clan – utilizing soldiers, police and paramilitary forces under their command. It is in fact a grand cover-up for the complicity and criminal culpability of the ruling Arroyo-Ermita-Gonzalez clique in this horrendous crime.
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