Why family of slain SAF didn’t wait for Aquino

42 bodies arrived at the Villamor Air Base Thursday, January 29. By evening, only 41 caskets of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force who died in Maguindanao were brought to Camp Bagong Diwa.  Police Senior Inspector Guillermo Tria, the father of Police Senior Inspector Max Jim Tria, 27, said his family did not attend the necrological services led by Aquino as an act of protest. He wanted the President to condemn the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, whose elements were responsible for the death of the SAF troopers, and to rethink the proposed Bangsamoro law that would initially put the MILF at the helm of an expanded autonomous region in Mindanao. In his address to the nation on January 28, the President mourned the young officers but stressed the importance of continuing the peace process.The Trias family brought home Max Jim’s body to Virac, Catanduanes Friday morning, January 30. Albay Governor Joey Salceda echoed the sentiments of Tria family. “Many may disagree with me, but the issue here is justice for victims of MILF brutality and betrayal.”

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