FORMER MILITARY CHIEFS MERELY ASKED TO CONFIRM OR DENY ‘PABAON’ RECEIPT
House panel goes ‘soft’ on ex-AFP CoS
By Charlie V. Manalo 02/02/2011Congressmen yesterday failed to even seriously dig deeper and question the former chiefs of staff (CoS) on the corruption in the Armed Forces of the Philippines during their terms, as they merely asked each general whether they had received welcome and send-offs gifts during their stint as the top military chief, giving them all the opportunity to merely deny that they had ever received any funds for their personal use and that their wives never travelled abroad, save for two to four official trips, paid for by the host government.
Five former AFP CoS invited by the House committee probing the plea bargain agreement struck between the Office of the Ombudsman and retired military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, who was earlier charged with plunder but has pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of direct bribery and money laundering activities, had an easy time at yesterday’s House hearing, claiming there was no such slush fund in existence as this practice had been cut off completely..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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