Bangit: Some AFP officials engaged in partisan politics
By Mario J. Mallari 06/23/2010 Former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen.Delfin Bangit, as he retired from the service yesterday, threw a broadside broadly hinting that some military officials could have engaged in partisan politics during the last May 10 national elections which could have meant being part of the electoral fraud. In his retirement speech, Bangit repeatedly thanked military troops for maintaining their professionalism during the last presidential elections but hinted broadly that some active AFP personnel could have failed to perform as ordered and as expected. “When I pleaded that you stay out of politics during the last elections, most of you did. I cannot ask for more. I am proud of you, so proud. As for the rest, we leave them to the next leadership to deal with,” said Bangit. Prior to the presidential elections, there were reports that then presidential candidate and now incoming President Benigno Aquino III had met with some active officials of the AFP. Aquino himself had confirmed this, even mentioning some names. Among those mentioned in the reports was AFP-Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer, who vehemently denied meeting with Aquino. But even as Ferrer denied it, Aquino insisted that he had already said he met with Ferrer and a group of active military officers and that he wasn’t going to backtrack on his earlier statement. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100623hed3.html |
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