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The Study of Hostage Drama in Quirino Grandstand
THE STUDY OF HOSTAGE DRAMA IN QUIRINO GRANDSTAND
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INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The aim of the dissertation is to research the diplomatic negotiating style of the Filipino law enforcement by analyzing the events in its diplomatic history, namely the bilateral negotiations with the Philippines during august 23, 2010.

For the past few days since the embarrassing hostage crisis that has brought international shame again to our country, it has been reflecting on how we as a Filipino people can collectively move forward from this incident. In cyberspace, many people continue to express anger, rage, disappointment, frustration and sadness about how our government particularly the Philippine National Police (PNP) handled the situation. Yes, that’s true that there was indeed a lack of strong willed leadership from the government in handling and managing the situation but the reality is, the damage has been done and to learn from this experience, unite and do the own share to help the nation to move forward. First assess what truly happened in the hostage crisis since it needs to learn from the hard mistakes of the past to move forward to a better future.

Firstly, let ask what probably drove former police officer Rolando Mendoza to be desperate enough to take a whole bus full of tourist’s hostage and eventually kill many of them. My simple analysis is the fact that perhaps Mendoza no longer trusted and believed in the judicial institutions can provide him with a fair and equal judgment. What happened to Mendoza is an effect of the corruption of our democratic institutions that are tasked to protect the rights of every Filipino. Yet, because institutions such as our courts, the Office of the Ombudsman and the COMELEC are now tarnished with so much graft and corruption, people such as Mendoza no longer have a venue to air our their grievances thus, they often resort to extra-judicial means in order for them to get the justice that they think

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