MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte blames former Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II for the death of 44 commandos of the Special Action Force in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, in January 2015. “He wasted 44 lives for nothing. The President also slammed former President Benigno Aquino III for asking “stupid” questions during the command conference in Zamboanga while the Mamasapano incident was happening. He said he was in the command conference with Aquino and Roxas. We wanted to get there, but there was no order,“The President slammed Aquino for his handling of the Mamasapano firefight during the command conference.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 16, 2019 19:41 UTC