Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. pleaded “Not Guilty” to 41 counts of murder filed against him in last Tuesday’s hearing of the Maguindanao Massacre case.
Arraignment was ordered by QC Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes last Tuesday morning prior to the start of the hearing of Andal Jr.’s petition to bail. Senior State Prosecutor Richard Fadullon pointed out that the bail petition could not be heard unless Ampatuan Jr. was arraigned first.
Ampatuan pleaded “NOT GUILTY” to the 41 counts of murder, filed in two batches in Cotabato City RTC towards the end of 2009.