The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday gave Maguindanao rebellion suspects a 10-day deadline to submit their counter-affidavits.
The DOJ warned at least 600 rebellion suspects, including members of the powerful Ampatuan clan, that they would not be given another extension to submit their responses to the charges filed by police against them if they fail to meet the 10-day deadline, which ends on January 22.
The clan's patriarch, former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., and his son, suspended Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Zaldy Ampatuan, submitted their counter-affidavits during Tuesday's hearing.
The justice department's prosecution panel explained to the rebellion suspects that it is serious in its statement that they will resolve the case in 60 days. The 60-day deadline started last December 12.
Among those charged with rebellion were policemen, military personnel and paramilitary members alleged allied with the Ampatuan clan.
The Ampatuans were accused of leading a rebellion to avoid police arrest in connection with the November 23 massacre of 57 people, who included their political rival in the May 2010 local polls, the Mangudadatus.
Ampatuan Sr. and other members of the clan were arrested after Malacañang imposed a week-long martial rule in some parts of Maguindanao province. Report from Timi Nubla, ABS-CBN News
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