The Moro Islamic Liberation Front said yesterday that although the slain Abu Sayyaf inmates were considered criminals, they had inalienable human rights granted to them by law, including the United Nations Charter. The Abu Sayyaf detainees should have been given the right to due process, speedy trial, food and water, and to practice their religious belief, according to Mohammad Ameen, secretary of the office of MILF chairman Al Hadj Murad on the MILF website luwaran.com. Fr. Robert Reyes, an activist Catholic priest, meanwhile blamed the PNP's "apparent lack of patience" for the violent resolution of the hostage crisis. Reyes said new Philippine National Police chief Deputy Director General Arturo Lomibao must remedy the "attitudinal problem" of the police. "There is an attitudinal problem in the PNP," he said. "It is a bad start for Lomibao. He should rectify himself. He should train his men to become good negotiators." Reyes said Lomibao also should improve on the PNP's intelligence gathering to prevent a repeat of the hostage-taking incident. "(The PNP) knew about it (the jailbreak plot) last December," he said. "But having known about it does not exonerate them. Who is showing better intelligence here? In the few times that Abu Sayyaf bandits have tried to escape, they have shown better intelligence." A new wave of violence could occur in Mindanao and possibly in Metro Manila following the assault, Reyes said.
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