'Mangudadatus offered posts to avoid conflict with Ampatuans'

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MANILA - Emissaries from Malacañang and the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD party offered the Mangudadatus several posts in government to avoid a clash with the Ampatuans in the upcoming polls in May 2010, ABS-CBN News has learned.

Before Monday’s gruesome massacre, which left 52 people dead, emissaries of President Arroyo and Lakas had met with members of the Mangudadatu clan in Manila, in an effort to talk them into not running for the top provincial post in Maguindanao.

One of the meetings involved the family’s matriarch Talubabai Daguil Mangudadatu, and Buluan Mayor Ibrahim Mangudadatu.

According to ABS-CBN News sources, Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu was offered several high-level government posts in exchange for his withdrawal of a planned run for Maguindanao governor.

Among those posts offered were as an ambassador, an undersecretary, a director in the National Power Corporation (Napocor), and as administrator of various government properties.

The Buluian vice mayor turned them all down however.

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This flares me up like hell.

Stupid shitheads, this doesn’t resolve anything. You are just diverting everyone’s attention from the problem you caused. Also, Liberal Party, get some sense to what you are doing also. Stop cooing the victim to join on your side. Stop with the inappropriate politicking at this time.

You politicians, please.