No full justice

Six years to resolve an appeal shows the inefficiency of the country's legal system. That's how long victims of the Maguindanao massacre have been waiting for the Court of Appeals to resolve several petitions in connection with the case.

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Six years to resolve an appeal shows the inefficiency of the country’s legal system.

These include judicial recognition of the 58th victim whose remains have not been found, journalist Reynaldo Momay. Also, the victims' relatives have yet to receive a single centavo of restitution, whether from the government or the perpetrators led by members of the Ampatuan clan.

Partial justice was the cry of the victims’ relatives yesterday, as they marked 16 years since the Ampatuans massacred relatives of Esmael Mangudadatu including his pregnant wife. Esmael had dared challenge the Ampatuans’ stranglehold on power in Maguindanao.