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“Madali akong utusan sa mga operations, I don’t say no, I am a ‘yes’ man.” — Col. Hansel Marantan

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Ni ROMMEL GONZALES

SA ano sa pagbabalik-tanaw sa kanyang buhay bilang isang magiting na pulis, paano ilalarawan ni Col. Hansel Marantan ang kanyang journey?

Paano niya ide-describe ang lahat ng pinaghirapan niya hanggang ngayon; paano niya naitawid ang napakaraming challenges?

“I would say satisfaction. Lahat ng operations pag ma-solve mo… sa part ko it’s a satisfaction na ma-solve ko ito,” umpisang saad ni Col. Marantan.

“Parang there’s pride in you that you’re able to offer a solution.

“Pero looking back, sabi nga nung kaibigan ko, parang pina-fengshui niya ako e, sabi niya, ‘Your friend will never be on a bed of roses’.

“In other words, it’s always a struggle sa akin, kaya nga nakikita ko it’s always an uphill, uphill lagi sa akin, even in promotion, very uphill.

“Madali akong utusan sa mga operations, kasi hindi ako… I don’t say no, I am a ‘yes’ man. Alam kong there will be body counts there, alam kong magkakaroon ng serious resistance, there will be firefight, I know that there will be firefight.

“Kahit pa lang makita ko yung report, I know that it’s going to be bloody, pero may choice ba ako na mag-say no?

“I can say no, bakit hindi? Magkakasakit ako, pero will that satisfy me when I sleep at night? Pag matulog ako pag gabi, the moment I sleep at night, mare-recall ko lahat iyan e.

“Maybe it comes through breeding, my mother is a teacher, my father is a farmer, so it’s a combination of both.

“Maganda pala yung very patient, ang farmer very patient yan e, plus the wit of my mother. So pag matulog ako, iniisip ko lahat yan, ‘Napagbigyan ko ba lahat yung mga humingi ng tulong sa akin?’

“Of course, hindi lahat mapagbibigyan mo. Pero kung maraming importante sa mundo…parang libro, there are many books in the world, you cannot read them all. “Anong gagawin mo? You read the best.

“In life, in the police force, marami ring problema na kailangan solusyunan, hindi mo masusulusyonan lahat yan, so you come and you enter by priority. Priority. “Halimbawa, between a snatching and a rape case, which one should be the first? Of course, the rape case.

“Kasi di ba, it’s a crime against property, ito crime against person. Mga ganoon. So, ipa-prioritize ko itong rape case na ito, kaya ang kaso ko, first kill ko rapist e, it’s a case na hindi ko mapapatawad talaga.

“Maraming parameters diyan sa revised penal code to follow. You don’t do some shortcut things and all that. In my case, I have my own parameters sa rape cases.”

Marami pang detalye tungkol sa buhay ni Colonel Marantan na mapapanood sa docu-film na “Sa Likod Ng Tsapa: The Colonel Hansel Marantan Story” na sinulat, dinirehe at produced by Ms. Editha “Ging” Caduaya sa pamamagitan ng kanyang Pop Movie House Newsline Philippine Corporation, a Davao-based news site.

Mapapanood ang docu-film sa mga sinehan sa August 13 at may premiere night sa August 8; tiyempo naman na birthday ng publicist ng movie na si Mell Navarro sa August 7 kaya double celebration.

Gaganap bilang batang Col. Marantan si Lt. Col. Stefanio Adrenicus Rabino at may paggabay rin sa pagbuo ng docu-film si Col. Mario Mayames.