To alleged AFP-Abu ‘collusion’: Malacanang urged to create ‘Davide-like’ commission
By Carlos H. Conde
Cyberdyaryo
Published: Aug. 28, 2001
DAVAO CITY – Malacanang should create an independent fact-finding body to investigate the allegation that some elements within the armed forces have been colluding with the Abu Sayyaf. The creation of such a body, the proponents say, should settle the issue of partiality and grandstanding that bedevil the investigations being conducted by separate committees of both houses of Congress.
Fr. Eliseo Mercado Jr. OMI, a leading Mindanao peace advocate, thinks that the independent body similar to the Davide Commission that investigated the series of coup attempts by renegade soldiers in the ’80s would be “the best thing” to get to the bottom of the story.
“It’s high time to get a Davide-type commission to look into this plague (alleged collusion),” the priest said.
Posted on August 28, 2001, and filed under Stories | Comments
