At the opening of the Mamasapano probe, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile claimed that President Benigno Aquino was shielding himself from any responsibility for the Mamasapano incident.
Enrile said at the resumption of the Senate inquiry that he will show evidence that Aquino directly participated in the planning and preparation of Oplan Exodus.
The senator claimed that Aquino was aware when the encounter between the Special Action Force (SAF) troopers and Moro rebels were ongoing and that he disregarded the command system of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.
Again, Enrile stressed that he does not have a personal grudge upon initiating the reopening of the Senate probe into the Mamasapano incident.
He said they may have succeeded in killing Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, aka “Marwan,” however, the families of the slain SAF 44 and affected civilians continue to seek justice.