By: Atty. Fatimah Bin Guerra
Thank you, Honorable Chief Justice and Associate Justices for showing us how justice works in this country. Thank you for issuing the TRO on the MOA-AD, for showing to the Filipino people how fast you can actually act upon cases filed by powerful politicians like Emmanuel Piñol and Celso Lobregat. Indeed, the speediness at which you have acted on this case was extraordinary and phenomenal. In 3 months time, you have struck down a document which took more than 10 years of painstaking negotiations to accomplish.
Thank you, too, for helping MILF base Commanders Ameril Ombra Kato and Bravo recruit more fighters and supporters. Your decision vindicated what they have always believed from the very beginning — that this government will never be sincere in talking peace with the Bangsamoro people. Now we are faced with the world’s longest running armed conflict that sees no resolution in sight. Thank you for condemning Mindanao as the next Afghanistan or Darfur in Asia. (more…)