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1) The document discusses the 1957 plane crash that killed beloved Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 44 others. It notes Magsaysay's successful strategy against the communist Hukbalahap organization. 2) It then discusses more recent Philippine politics, including the election of President Benigno Aquino III in 2010 and the 2015 Mamasapano clash that resulted in the deaths of 44 police officers. Several of Aquino's allies have since withdrawn their support, criticizing his handling of the incident and cover-up attempts. 3) Students and groups have protested against Aquino, calling for his resignation over his handling of various issues including the Mamasapano incident. The document argues the

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Cover Up SAF44

1) The document discusses the 1957 plane crash that killed beloved Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 44 others. It notes Magsaysay's successful strategy against the communist Hukbalahap organization. 2) It then discusses more recent Philippine politics, including the election of President Benigno Aquino III in 2010 and the 2015 Mamasapano clash that resulted in the deaths of 44 police officers. Several of Aquino's allies have since withdrawn their support, criticizing his handling of the incident and cover-up attempts. 3) Students and groups have protested against Aquino, calling for his resignation over his handling of various issues including the Mamasapano incident. The document argues the

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CoverUpWorseThanDeathsOf44

SAF
SHOOTINGSTRAIGHTByBobitS.Avila(ThePhilippineStar)|UpdatedMarch17,201512:00am

Exactly 58 years ago, the most loved President of the Philippines, the late Pres.
RamonMagsaysaywaskilledwhenthePresidentialplane,dubbedMt.Pinatubo,a
convertedDouglasC47Skytraincrashedaround1:40a.m.intheslopesofMt.
ManunggalinCentralCebu.WithhimwherehighrankingPhilippinegovernment
officialsandthesolesurvivorwasNestorMataayoungreporter,whoisstillalive
today.
Mylatefather,Atty.JesusLindongAvilawasagoodfriendofthePresidentso
when his remains was brought down by helicopter to the old Lahug Airport, he
broughtmealong,wheretherewasalargecrowdofpeoplewaitingforthearrivalof
hisremains.ThenaSikorskyH19Chickasawappearedandlandedinexactarea
closetothelefthandsideoftheentrancearchoftheAsiaTownITParktoday.Then
thebodywasplacedintheChapelinCampLapuLapuforawhile,andthenflownto
Manilaforburial.
Laterinlife,IlearnedmoreaboutPres.MagsaysayfromthelateSirMaxSoliven,
whotoldmethatthesuccessofPres.MagsaysayagainsttheCommunistorganization
calledtheHukbalahapwasduetohisnearlyforgottensloganonhowtocombatthe
scourgeofCommunismcalledthefourFsPres.Magsaysaysaid,Findem,fool
em,fightemandfinishemthenofferthemthehandofpeace.Inshort,whenyou
negotiate with your enemies, internal or foreign, you must do it in a position of
strength.
BecausePres.Magsaysayruledforonlyfouryearsanddiedquiteyoungat50years
old,thePresidentswhosucceededhimcouldntlickthethreatofcommunism.While
theconjugalMarcosdictatorshipcapturedCommunistPartyofthePhilippines(CPP)
JoseMariaJomaSison,howeveraftertheEDSARevolt,Pres.CorazonCory
Aquinoreleasedhimwithout anyconditions this iswhytoday,theCommunist
insurgencycontinueswhileJomarunsitfromthesafetyofUtrecht,Netherlands.
WhenPNoytookoverthePresidencyinJuly2010,hispoliticaladviserwasRonald
LlamasofAkbayan,whichmanyanticommunistgroupsbelieveisanaboveground
allyoftheCPP.OnMay25,2012,theAkbayanCitizensActionPartyheldits5th
RegularCongressatthePhilippineInternationalConventionCenter(PICC)withno
lessthanPres.Aquinoastheirkeynotespeaker,wherehedeclared,AkbayanandI
thinkalike!IrecallwritingacolumntellingPNoythatifonlyherevealedthisfact
duringthe2010electionshewouldntwinthePresidency!
Butthatwas2012,fastforwardthreeyearslater,AkbayanPartyListRep.Walden
Bellosuddenlyresignedfromhisposition,tellingthepressthathequitbecausethe
President was washing his hands of responsibility of a mission he planned and
executedandforcoveringupthebotchedMamasapanooperationlastJan.25.

WhatweareseeinghereisthewithdrawalofsupportbyanAkbayanstalwartanda
staunchallyofthePresidentandwithmanyCommunistfrontorganizationsnow
marchingthestreetsdemandingtheresignationofPNoy,onecantrulysaythatthe
President is now isolated, even his closest friends have left him. They were still
supportinghimevenafterthekillingofthe44SAFtroopers,butwhattheycannot
standisthemassivecoverupthatisbeingdonebytheloyalsupportersofPNoy,
literallyblamingeveryone,butnoblamemustfalluponthePresident.
Last Mar. 1 students from the various universities and colleges of Cebu held a
nationwideprotestagainsttuitionhikescallingitaNationalDayofRageforJustice,
AccountabilityandChangeandjoinedthecallfortheresignationofPres.Aquino.
NioOlayvarAkbayan,vicechairfortheVisayassaidthatthestudentsarecallingfor
AquinotostepdownforhisincompetenceinhandlingoftheMamasapanofiascoand
hisfeebleresponsetotheYolandadisaster,theporkbarrelissueandthetuitionhikes.
NowthattheFilipinopeoplehasseenthereportoftheBoardofInquiry(BOI)bythe
Philippine National Police (PNP), which many Filipinos believe spoke the truth,
suddenlyDILGSec.ManuelMarRoxascametotherescueofPNoydeclaringthat
the President had No liability in the Mamasapano massacre, blaming instead
suspended PNP Chief Alan Purisima for failing to follow the Presidents orders.
HmmmarentthesepresidentialordersemanatingfromthatsocalledChainof
Command?
ThisbringsustotheinvestigationorderedbyPres.AquinofortheDepartmentof
Justice(DoJ)toinvestigatetheMamasapanodebacle.ButforaslongasSec.LeilaDe
LimacontinuestopursueherideathatthereisNoChainofCommandthenher
officialinvestigationasorderedbyPNoycanalreadybeconsideredasfaultytosay
theleastforIreckonitwouldtoethelineofMalacaangandmakethiscoverup
official. As we said, worse than the deaths of the 44 fallen SAF troopers is the
massivecoverup!

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