NCRCom chief admits ’04 poll cheat bribe offer By Mario J. Mallari 08/04/2010

NCRCom chief admits ’04 poll cheat bribe offer

By Mario J. Mallari 08/04/2010 National Capital Region Command (NCRCom) chief Rear Admiral Feliciano Angue admitted yesterday to having been offered a huge amount in 2004 to be part of a wholesale cheating operations for the then presidential elections while at the same time decrying the supposed injustice suffered by professional officers and men of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who refused to allow themselves to be used in politics. In a radio interview, Angue admitted he was offered millions of pesos in 2004, apparently to allow manipulation of the elections in his area of responsibility. Angue was at that time Navy Task Force 62 commander based in Tawi-Tawi. Former President Arroyo claimed a new six-year term after supposedly winning the elections that year against opposition candidate Fernando Poe Jr. by a lead of 1 million votes, the same number of votes that Arroyo sought from former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano as guarantee, as overheard in the infamous Hello Garci recordings. Aside from cash, Angue said the offer also goes with a “choose your assignment” proposal. He admitted that such temptations were not easy to resist. But Angue, a member of the controversial Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1978, said he turned down such offer. He was subsequently relieved from his post.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100804hed2.html

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