AFP cover-up of 2004, 2010 poll fraud ongoing By Mario J. Mallari 08/09/2010

AFP cover-up of 2004, 2010 poll fraud ongoing

By Mario J. Mallari 08/09/2010 There appears to be a strong move on the part of high ranking Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officers to cover up the participation of the military during the 2004 and 2010 presidential elections, where accusations revolve around partisan politics and fraud engaged in by AFP officers and men. A claim was made that the testimonies of National Capital Region Command (NCRCom) chief Rear Admiral Feliciano Angue and other officers before the Mayuga Board may be regarded as “hearsay” as these testimonies were not weighed-in to pin down some top-ranking officers of the AFP allegedly involved in 2004 election cheating as Angue and the rest of the alleged officer-witnesses issued issued them off the record. This also apparently is being applied on Angue’s claim that the military still engaged in partisan politics during the 2010 polls, and sought a probe in the Truth Commission on both the 2004 and 2010 polls. Angue was quickly ordered by his superiors not to issue statements to the media that are not cleared with his superiors. A military source, who requested anonymity, said the Mayuga Board, headed by then AFP Inspector General Rear Admiral Mateo Mayuga, cannot use Angue’s testimonies to pin down personalities allegedly involved in the 2004 manipulation of the presidential elections..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100809hed5.html

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