DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /15 May) – Twelve and a half years after the massacre of 58 persons in Maguindanao and 29 months after the court found the Ampatuan brothers guilty beyond reasonabl…
DAVAO CITY – Twelve and a half years after the massacre of 58 persons in Maguindanao and 29 months after the court found the Ampatuan brothers guilty beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced them to imprisonment of up to 40 years, the Ampatuans are still in power.
Except for Rajah Buayan, the five elected vice mayors are running mates of the “Ampatuan Empire” mayors who ran under the Nacionalista Party. The Rajah Buayan mayor ran under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. The patriarch, Datu Andal Ampatuan, Sr., long-time mayor of Shariff Aguak town and three-term governor of Maguindanao, passed away in July 2015, four years before the court handed down the verdict on 57 counts of murder, 31 of them media workers.
The patriarch, Datu Andal Ampatuan, Sr., long-time mayor of Shariff Aguak town and three-term governor of Maguindanao, passed away in July 2015, four years before the court handed down the verdict on 57 counts of murder, 31 of them media workers.
Before he became ARMM Governor in 2005, Zaldy was mayor of Shariff Aguak town. Datu Hoffer Ampatuan town was carved out from nine barangays in Shariff Aguak and two in Datu Unsay town in July 2009.
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