After the promulgation, the manhunt for 80 other suspects will begin.
Government forces are set to begin their hunt against at least 80 suspects still at large in the so-called Maguindanao massacre.
Undersecretary Joel Egco of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security at a press conference on Friday said the manhunt will begin after the release of the decision on the cases in relation to the 2009 gruesome killing of journalists, which is expected this November.
“After the promulgation, the manhunt for 80 other suspects will begin,” he said.
Egco said the Department of Justice and the Philippine National Police earlier agreed to hold in abeyance the search for the suspects as this might effect the ongoing trial.
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The decision on the Maguinadanao massacre case may be out this November, or before the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the gruesome killing as the court has already deemed the case submitted for resolution last 22 August, according to Egco.
In almost 10 years of trial, Egco said 188 accused have already been charged, four of the original accused were acquitted following the grant of their demurrer to evidence, five became state witnesses, 97 were detained, 11 were out on bail and five were already dead.
On 23 November 2009, 58 people, including 32 media personnel were killed while they were on their way to cover the filing of the certificate of candidacy of then Buluan town mayor Esmael Mangudadatu against Andal Ampatuan Jr.
Several members of the Ampatuan clan were implicated in the massacre dubbed as the worst single attack on journalists in the world.
