Amnesty for Abu Sayyaf

What idiocy moved into Senator Gordon’s head to propose amnesty to the Abu Sayyaf?

Though the said proposal gained a lot of condemnations and reactions from common citizens to lawmakers, other senators, politicians and congressmen alike, the mere idea of granting it to them is total absurdity.

Under Article 7 Section 19 of the 1987 Constitution, the President has “the power to grant amnesty with the concurrence of a majority of all members of Congress.” Hopefully the congress wouldn’t be dumb enough to permit it.

Aside from that amnesty is conceded to people accused of political offense and clearly the Abu Sayyaf has no political agenda whatsoever in kidnapping, murder, arson, beheading, etc. Their main schema is to make money out of ransom payments.

Consenting to this foolishness will stimulate other terrorists to follow in violent attacks which would also mirror the government as much too weak.

After sacrificing a lot of soldiers in the battlefield, after all those hardships and terror, it would be as laid-back as it is to give rewards to the people responsible for all of these?

I do not think so.