“Pakinggan natin si Ama. Okay kami lahat na patayin sila"Mabuti nga sa mga Mangudadatu na mahilig mag-ambisyon, na patayin sila lahat"The fact that he uttered the following at the meeting does not necessarily mean that he pushed for the commission of the crime, which prima facie, may suffice to find a strong evidence of guilt," said Reyes.
"In the absence of evidence pointing to the accused as being present at the crime site, the court is convinced that he cannot be made criminally liable under the circumstance even with the utterances he made sans overt acts," added Reyes. A total of 58 people died, 32 of them journalists who joined the convoy that planned to file the certificate of candidacy of then-Maguindanao governor aspirant Esmael"Toto" Mangudadatu. He was up against Datu Andal Jr Ampatuan for the post. Andal Jr was convicted and sentenced to reclusion perpetua without the benefit of parole.Tato was not at the massacre site on November 23, 2009, as he was attending a medical mission at the municipal gymnasium in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
"His having attended a medical mission for the whole day will show that he did not cling to the agreed plot to kill," said Reyes. "There is no clear and convincing evidence that will show that accused had committed an overt act in furtherance of the agreed plan," Reyes added.Rappler.com
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