"The Ombudsman suspended Purisima in December 2014 due to an anomalous 2011 deal involving WerFast Documentary Agency, a courier company tasked with delivering gun licenses directly to applicants.
"There is no gainsaying that President Aquino was fully aware that the Office of the Ombudsman had placed Purisima under preventive suspension at that time," Morales said.
Text messages presented at a Senate hearing in February 2015 showed Aquino and Purisima discussed the operation on January 25.
Forty-four members of the PNP's Special Action Forces (SAF), known as the SAF 44, were killed that day after an encounter with Moro rebels in the town of Mamasapano in Maguindanao, despite a ceasefire.
Morales said suspended public officials should be barred from performing any public function or meddling with the affairs of the government.
If found guilty, Aquino faces imprisonment of up to 10 years, with perpetual disqualification from public office."
SOURCE:cnnphilippines.com
SOURCE:cnnphilippines.com
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