What loyalty check? C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 06/13/2010

What loyalty check?

C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 06/13/2010 It is well that nobody took acting Defense Secretary Bert Gonzales seriously when he rabble roused during the retirement ceremonies for AFP Vice Chief of Staff Rodrigo Maclang that the incoming Aquino administration was conducting a loyalty check on the officers and men of the military. This he issued after announcing that he did recognize Aquino as his president and that he was going to remain an Aquino critic. Obviously trying to call attention to himself, Gonzales gleefully stated that he and AFP Chief of Staff Delfin Bangit have gotten the ire of the incoming Chief Executive for their seemingly defiant and, might I add, patronizing statements on how the men in uniform and the institution they serve should be treated. What did Gonzales expect anyway? That the incoming President will simply roll over and take their statements which to some observers smacked of blackmail and insubordination at face value? Being himself a political player of sorts Gonzales should have realized early on that there is a limit to such public upstaging especially since the Aquino camp had earlier made its position very clear on how they are going to exercise their prerogatives as “Commander-in-Chief.” In any event Gonzales is dreaming if he thinks that others will follow his lead... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100613com5.html

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