The farce about disbanding the private armies

The farce about disbanding the private armies

Presidential aspirants should be probed about their possible connections to private armies. They should be willing to stake their presidency to the disbandment of private armies.

By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
January 28, 2010

The presidential order for the disbandment of hundreds of private armies in the country could be a cheap publicity gimmick. At the very least, it was meant to exonerate the Arroyo administration from accountability for their proliferation as well as for the Maguindanao mass murder of Nov. 23, 2009.

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