Army leadership blasts media on AFP corruption reports By Mario J. Mallari and Angie M. Rosales 02/12/2011

Army leadership blasts media on AFP corruption reports

By Mario J. Mallari and Angie M. Rosales 02/12/2011
It didn’t take long for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) leadership to bare its fangs and bear down on their bete noire, the media criticial of the massive corruption in the military.

Stung by what it called media reports on the corruption probe as “misleading,” the Philippine Army lectured the media for them to be “circumspect” as it claimed media reporting on the ongoing investigations of the alleged massive corruption in the military during the time of former AFP Chief of Staff and Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes is being made to appear that the corruption in the AFP is still ongoing, when it claimed that corruption in the military no longer exists.

Army spokesman Col. Antonio Parlade noted that several articles published recently are leaving the impression that the alleged corruption activities are still continuing in the military establishment.

“Our question then is, why do we make it appear that the practice is ongoing?” asked Parlade, as he pointed out that the subject of the various investigations happened years ago and that reforms had already been implemented to address the matter..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110212hed1.html