Tracking Angie’s trail
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What would it take for Angie Reyes, the nine-year first knight of Gloria, to succumb to abuse? Not much, it seems.
For the whole two stolen terms of Gloria, Angie stuck out as a fixture in the Cabinet.
Angie was the chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines when the presidency was snatched from Joseph Estrada in 2001. And it was he who led his service commanders to mutiny against a duly constitutional president and commander in chief. Angie was among the first officials then to defect to Gloria instead of protecting the constitutionally-elected leader of the land. It was later revealed that Angie was part of a conspiracy hatched even before Estrada warmed his seat at Malacañang.
For that betrayal, Angie was richly rewarded by Gloria. Two days after his retirement as chief of staff, he was sworn into office as secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND)..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110116com1.html
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