Palace flays Angue as similar to 2004 poll fraud witnesses By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Mario J. Mallari 08/20/2010

Palace flays Angue as similar to 2004 poll fraud witnesses

By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Mario J. Mallari 08/20/2010 It seems that the Palace under President Aquino and the one under former President Arroyo share the same view that military officials not toeing the official line should be gagged to put them in their rightful place. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma termed demoted Rear Adm. Feliciano Angue’s outburst against military officials playing politics as “unusual” and indicated the need for authorities to look into grievances within their ranks to prevent other military officials who share the same sentiment as Angue’s from surfacing, especially before the media. Coloma called Angue’s manner of speech and behavior as something “unusual” for someone who is from the military and being an official at that. He said Angue reminds him of the military officials who refused to follow former President Arroyo’s Executive Order 464 or the “gag rule” which prohibits any member of the Executive branch and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from testifying before any congressional inquiry. The soldiers invited to Senate hearings then were considered key in exposing the wholesale cheating that transpired during the 2004 presidential elections that gave Arroyo a fresh six-year term.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100820hed2.html

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