PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s top legal adviser said the “time of reckoning” has come for Benigno Aquino 3rd who was indicted for graft over his alleged hand in the botched 2015 Mamasapano operation. “There is a time for reckoning and the time has finally come for the former President. On Friday, the Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of criminal charges against Aquino for his liability in the Mamasapano massacre that cost the lives of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) officers. The SAF operation, however, resulted in a firefight that lasted for several hours, killing around 44 police commandos. On January 24 or a year after the botched Mamasapano operation, Duterte said there was a violation committed when the past administration sent the elite police in an operation against high value targets.

Source: Manila Times July 15, 2017 04:18 UTC