RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE CONDEMNING IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS THE BRUTAL AND INHUMAN ELECTION-RELATED MASSACRE AND CARNAGE OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE, AND LIKEWISE DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THIS UNPARALLELED AND GRUESOME INCIDENT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROPOSING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE LASTING PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN MINDANAO

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING IN THE STRONGEST TERMS POSSIBLE THE 'MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE', CALLING ON THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) AND/OR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) TO IMMEDIATELY BRING THE PERPETRATORS BEFORE THE BAR OF JUSTICE AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND/OR INVESTIGATE THE SAID INCIDENT TO FERRET OUT THE TRUTH REGARDING THIS DASTARDLY ACT AND IN AID OF REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE MASSACRE OF JOURNALISTS IN SHARIFF AGUAK, MAGUINDANAO, AND THE GROWING NUMBER OF UNRESOLVED KILLINGS OF MEDIA PERSONS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FORMULATING POLICIES FOR THE STRONGER PROTECTION OF OUR GUARDIANS OF FREE SPEECH AND EXPRESSION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GRUESOME MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF AROUND FIVE DOZEN INNOCENT CIVILIANS MOSTLY WOMEN AND JOURNALISTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND), ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NON-FEASANCE OF THEIR DUTIES RESULTING IN AN ALLEGED GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED DISTRIBUTION AND/OR PROLIFERATION OF HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS AND MILITARY ARMAMENTS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF PRIVATE ARMED GROUPS IN MAGUINDANAO THEREBY CAUSING A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE AND DISREGARD FOR THE RULE OF LAW

RESOLUTION ENJOINING EVERY SENATOR TO DONATE AT LEAST P100,000.00 FROM THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) TO AID AND HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE