INIREKOMENDA ngayong araw ng Department of Justice ang pagsasampa ng 57 bilang ng kasong murder laban kay dating Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. at 196 iba pang idinadawit sa massacre ng 57 tao sa Maguindanao noong Nobyembre 23, 2009.

Sa report ng ABS-CBN, nakasaad sa 78-pahinang resolution ng eight-man panel ng DoJ na nag-imbestiga sa krimen na “the confluence of events before and immediately after” the massacre took place led them to conclude that Ampatuan Sr., his son Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Gov.  Datu Zaldy “Puti” U. Ampatuan, Datu Akmad “Tato” Ampatuan, Sr., Datu Norodin Ampatuan, and Datu Jimmy Ampatuan connived with the actual perpetrators.”

Idinagdag pa ng panel na ipinapakita lamang ng mga ebidensya na ang mga respondent ang nagpasimula sa plano na i-ambush ang mga miyembro ng Mangudadatu clan na patungo sa tanggapan ng Commission on Elections sa Cotabato City para ihain ang certificate of candidacy ni Esmanel Mangudadatu para sa pagka-gobernador ng Maguindanao.

Kinilala anila ng mga testigo ang mga respondent na sina Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan, Jr., Datu Kanor Ampatuan, Datu Bahnarin A. Ampatuan, Datu Mama Ampatuan, Datu Sajid Islam U. Ampatuan, Datu Anwar Ampatuan, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Jr., Datu Ulo Ampatuan, Datu Ipi Ampatuan, Datu Harris Ampatuan, Datu Moning Ampatuan, Mogira Hadji Anggulat, Parido Zangkala Gogo, Jun Pendatun, Kagi Faizal at Sukarno Badal bilang may direktang partisipasyon sa massacre.

“These respondents were plainly pinpointed as among those who fired their high-powered firearms which consequently ended the lives of their intended victims. Positive identification of a person being implicated in a crime, when categorical, resounding, consistent, and without any ill motive on the part of the eyewitnesses testifying on the matter, is given credence. Considering such positive identification of these respondents as direct participants in the commission of the crime of murder, they should be indicted,” saad pa ng DoJ.

Sinabi rin ng DoJ panel na mayroon ding “viable evidence” para patunayan na ang ilang miyembro ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) “dipped their fingers in the preparation and subsequent consummation of the despicable killing of the victims.”

“There is direct evidence that these respondents agreed to commit the crime.  Their acts and the attendant circumstances surrounding the commission of the crime unveil a common aim that would make all of them co-principals in the crime committed.  We can deduce from their communal conduct a common design, concerted action and concurrence of sentiments… All the conspirators are answerable as co-principals regardless of the extent or degree of their participation,” ayon pa sa resolusyon.

Bukod sa murder charges, nahaharap din sa rebellion charges si Ampatuan Sr. at ang 196 iba pang akusado dahil umano sa pagtitipon ng supporters para labanan at hindi sundin ang mga awtoridad na nag-imbestiga sa massacre.