Davao Breaking News, a local news outlet in Mindanao revealed that at least two former mayors of Lanao del Sur were among the signatories of the recovered checks worth ₱27-M from the Maute terrorist group.
The news outlet didn’t stated the place in Lanao Del Sur where the two politicians served as mayors.
Their sources identified the two politicians who signed some of the recovered cheques that might became an evidence that the group got a support from influential people in Mindanao.
The news outlet didn’t revealed the names of the two politicians until the investigation is conducted.
Cash and cheques were recovered by the marines inside a vault stored in a house near Mapandi bridge.
The shocking discovery might became an evidence to the claims of President Rodrigo Duterte that some ‘narco-politicians’ were connected to the local terrorist group to disturb the peace and order of the government as revenge to the war against illegal drugs that destroyed their shabu business.
President Rodrigo Duterte claimed on Friday that illegal drug trade fuels local terrorist groups’ activities in Mindanao.
“Hinayaan kasi natin ang droga . So there was a time and until now that the terrorism activities in the Philippines is funded and fueled by drug money,” Duterte said.
If the two politicians proven that they conspired with the terrorist group and financed their operations against the government forces, they can be charged for violating the REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10168 also known as “The Terrorism and Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012”
According to the law, any person “who, directly or indirectly, willfully and without lawful excuse, possesses, provides, collects or uses property or funds or makes available property, funds or financial service or other related services, by any means, with the unlawful and willful intention that they should be used or with the knowledge that they are to be used, in full or in part: (a) to carry out or facilitate the commission of any terrorist act; (b) by a terrorist organization, association or group; or (c) by an individual terrorist, shall be guilty of the crime of financing of terrorism and shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period to reclusion perpetua and a fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (Php500,000.00) nor more than One million pesos (Php1,000,000.00).”
“Any person who organizes or directs others to commit financing of terrorism under the immediately preceding paragraph shall likewise be guilty of an offense and shall suffer the same penalty as herein prescribed.”
The palace is not yet giving any statement on the discovery made by the Philippine Marines in their recent operation against the Maute Terrorist Group.
source: Public Trending
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