Malacañang said the Philippine National Police’s
Board of Inquiry (PNP-BOI) chief did not mention the need to get President
Benigno S. Aquino’s statement regarding the Mamasapano incident.
Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr.
noted that according to PNP Spokesman Chief Supt. Generoso Cerbo, Jr., PNP-BOI
head Director Benjamin Magalong only spoke about the board’s request for
postponement of the submission of their report, during Monday’s press
conference and never mentioned the need to get President Aquino’s statement on
the January 25 mission that resulted in the death of 44 members of the police’s
Special Action Force.
“Ayon kay PNP Spokesperson Chief Superintendent Generoso
Cerbo, Jr., who was present during the press conference, wala po siyang
(Magalong) sinabi na kailangan pa talagang kausapin ng BOI si Pangulong
Aquino,” Secretary Coloma said.
Coloma also said that he has no specific
knowledge if there was a letter or a verbal request from the PNP-BOI to get
President Aquino’s statement.
President Aquino, he said, has already mentioned
everything he knew about the Mamasapano incident in previous speeches, the
latest of which was delivered before members of the Coalition of Christian
Churches during a prayer gathering at the Malacañang grounds on Monday.
The PNP-BOI report was supposed to be submitted
last month but the schedule has been reset twice. (PCOO News Release)
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