No moves vs corruption
| FRONTLINE |
 |
| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Noynoy certainly is following in the footsteps of his bete noire, Gloria Arroyo, which makes one wonder why he keeps on criticizing her, when he is doing that which she did — along military lines.
His Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff is retiring next month, having served by that time, nine months as AFP CoS and David already has been offered a job in the civilian government, with Noynoy even announcing to media that he had been successful in convincing David to join his administration even as he (David) said he still does not know just what job he will given, but that he would be accepting whatever Noynoy offers.
Both Gloria and Noynoy appear to be two peas in a pod when it comes to rewarding their military officials, as a way of gaining their personal loyalty.
The grant of amnesty early on by Noynoy was no doubt a way of his to gain some form of loyalty with the military, just as he tried to earn pogi points with the military by allowing the burial of Angie Reyes with full military honors, and giving him a hero’s funeral..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110218com2.html
0 comments
Post a Comment