Ampatuan victims open to negotiated settlement due to delay in trial

**Retz** · June 25th, 2013 09:40 PM

Ampatuan victims open to negotiated settlement due to delay in trial

Tired of the slow pace of justice, relatives of 14 of the 58 fatalities in the November 2009 Ampatuan massacre had signed an agreement with an “emissary” of the accused to negotiate the settlement of the murder case for P50 million.

But no settlement has been reached to date: The “emissary,” identified as Jun Chan, was killed in an ambush en route to his farm in Barangay Sulit in General Santos City a month after the agreement was signed.

The agreement with Chan was reached the third week of February, and Chan was killed on March 25. But the proposed settlement surfaced only recently when an heir of one of the victims decided to provide the details to highlight how precarious their situation is—financially and security-wise—as victims living in Mindanao.

Lawyer Harry Roque confirmed in radio interviews that four of the 14 heirs who signed the agreement with Chan are his clients.
The source, who attended the two meetings with Chan but ended up not signing the agreement, said the meetings were held in a mosque in General Santos on the second and third weeks of February. Chan was accompanied by a man they called “Prof,” but the heirs came without their lawyers, the source said.

Source: Ampatuan victims open to negotiated settlement due to delay in trial

Why is the ampatuan massacre case taking way too long? It is not like that ah.

**glenn manikis** · June 25th, 2013 10:34 PM

Ask sec. delima... why?

**Monseratto** · June 25th, 2013 10:41 PM

Justice system sucks...period. Bawat galaw pwede ireklamo hangang Supreme Court...

**NightRock** · June 25th, 2013 10:44 PM

diba lalapit na sila sa UN kasi di nagalaw ang kaso... baka ma tulad yan kay Polpot... yung vietnam killing fields buhay pa ba yon?

**glenn manikis** · June 25th, 2013 11:16 PM

appointed public prosecutors by delima sucks... pinalitan pa yung magaling, pinalit eh kaibigan nya... that is why it is taking tooo long...!!!

balita ko dyan 114 witness daw ang ihaharap!!!!

bakit hindi nalang pumile ng 4 lang sa 114 witneses na credible at magagaling... para tapos agad...

**cpsolt** · June 25th, 2013 11:17 PM

Patay na si Pol Pot.

**oliver1013** · June 25th, 2013 11:30 PM

Dati ng mabagal bago pa si delima ang andiyan e.....

Sa tinagal ko na sa mundong ibabaw simulat sapul mabagal na ang hustisya sa pilipinas...

**glenn manikis** · June 25th, 2013 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by oliver1013

Dati ng mabagal bago pa si delima ang andiyan e.....

Sa tinagal ko na sa mundong ibabaw simulat sapul mabagal na ang hustisya sa pilipinas...

ganun talaga sir at may tinatawag tayong due process...

sir dba mas bibilis kung 4-5 lang witness ang presinta ng prosecution kesa naman 114-120?

at isa pa sir... special case itong ampatuan case... yung judge dito almost everyday ang hearing, simula 9.am umaabot ng 5pm minsan 7pm pa bago matapos... ( sabi nga ng isang judge.... kung pwede lang masubukan ng taong bayan maging judge para malaman nila na hindi pala pwedeng madaliin ang paglilitis....

unlike yung regular cases... every 2-3 months ang schedule ng hearing.... depende pa sa calendario ng husgado yan....

**NightRock** · June 26th, 2013 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by oliver1013

Dati ng mabagal bago pa si delima ang andiyan e.....

Sa tinagal ko na sa mundong ibabaw simulat sapul mabagal na ang hustisya sa pilipinas...

meron namang mabilis ang hustisya pag mahirap ang akusado sigurado may hatol agad kaya marami din naka kulong na walang kasalanan dala lang ng kahirapan