On July 9 The Miraato Family received notice from the Ombudsman recommending that the charges of Murder and Grave Misconduct and Gross Negligence be dismissed due to lack of evidence. This is nothing short of ridiculous given that the Ombudsman didn’t even carry out their own investigation, the findings of the PNP and the International Monitoring Team were conclusive enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the bullet that killed Gaily came from the direction of the AFP outpost. The Regional Human Rights Commission, despite having carried out their own investigation and recording the same on video which shows the police marking the trajectory of the bullet have yet to resolve. Maybe it has something more to do with political aspirations of the previous Chairperson than actual evidence who knows.

The failure of the two state institutions mandated to protect human rights, to resolve on this case based on the evidence and witness testimony in favour of the plaintiff, the Miraato family, is nothing short of the [in]justice system in the Philippines again protecting the perpetrator. The family had 15 days from July 9 to file a motion to reconsider with the Ombudsman according to Rule 43 of the Rules Of Court. The campaign on Facebook has asked people to write to Congress as only political intervention can correct the possible bias of these institutions.