Oplan Exodus Research Paper

The Oplan Exodus While most of us were probably still sleeping on the comforts of our respective homes and enjoying the soft linen of our beds on the early morning of January 25,2015, a number of Filipinos involving Philippine National Police- Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) troopers and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members were engaged on an encounter between each other and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) rebels. It was apparently a nightmare for them as they fought and killed for their lives using guns and bullets, perhaps just like anyone who desires to exercise the right to self-preservation – which is socially constructed by most of the societies including our country – in the midst of a fire fight. Unfortunately,
Then, these were examined, refined, and interpreted together with numerous official papers. The said board (2015) emphasized the limitations of its report in terms of resource speakers. Statements from Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, resigned Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Alan Purisima, Chief-of-Staff Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP) General Gregorio Catapang, Lieutenant General Rustico Guerrero, and all allegedly involved Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) heads were not included on the report because all of these personalities both declined to be interrogated and refused to submit their cellular phones for forensic examination. The report possibly lacks an essential piece of the entire truth on the Mamasapano debacle because of its failure to include testimonies from the major actors of the controversy. Nevertheless, the report remains important for it includes the sworn statement of resigned Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Alan Purisima which provides us information on the conversation between him and Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Moreover, it even received positive feedbacks, one of which came from Attorney Antonio La Viña, dean of the Ateneo De Manila School of Government. In a news article by Elizabeth Marcelo (2015) of GMA News Online, he was quoted saying:

I am very impressed actually. 'Yung context nito ha, si Director Magalong is in the contention for the PNP chief post. So you can imagine the enormous moral courage he has. Pwedesilangmaging legalistic. May choice sila to clear or protect the President. That would have been an option for them kung duwag