Mangudadatu to visit Andal Sr in hospital if he says sorry

BULUAN, Maguindanao – Like relatives of Maguindanao massacre victims, Gov. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu wanted to ensure that former Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr, primary suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre was indeed six and dying.
I will visit him in the hospital if he seeks forgiveness,” Manguadatu said of Andal Sr who is said to seriously ill and has only three to six months to live.
I am consulting our lawyers to erase all the doubts that the illness is make believe, a separate and independent doctor will check him if indeed his liver disease was serious,” he said in Filipino, adding that he will come and see him in person.Mangudadatu said as Islam believer, he is ready to forgive but it does not mean the case will take a rest.
Forgiving is one thing, prosecution of the case against him in connection with the massacre must continue,” he added.
Once he says sorry for the wrong he had done, then I will visit him, in Islam, we must forgive the sins of the dying,” Mangudadatu who lost his wife Jennelyn and two sisters in the 2009 massacre in Ampatuan town. (Ferdinandh Cabrera)