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The Philippines : after the Maguindanao massacre
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- Jakarta, Philippines ; Brussels, Belgium : International Crisis Group, 2009
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- 1 online resource (15 pages) : maps
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- ocn495311709
- 21 December 2009.
- The massacre on 23 November 2009 of 57 men and women by the private army of a warlord allied to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shocked the country and the world. The immediate trigger for the killings was the decision of one man, Esmail Toto Mangudadatu, to run for governor of Maguindanao province, which for the last decade has been the fiefdom of the Ampatuan family. Political patronage by successive governments in Manila, most notably by the Arroyo administration, allowed the Ampatuans to amass great wealth and unchecked power, including the possession of a private arsenal with mortars, rocket launchers and state-of-the-art assault rifles. They controlled the police, the judiciary, and the local election commission. In the wake of the massacre, there are opportunities for new measures in the areas of justice, security and peace. The question is whether anyone in a position of power will seize them.
- Title from PDF p.1 screen (viewed on December 29, 2009).
- Includes bibliographical references.