Cracks
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| Jonathan De la Cruz |
Cracks are showing in the ongoing testimony of repentant “whistle-blower” George Rabusa. No less than Malacañang has asked Rabusa to explain the phantom $5 million UN fund reimbursement which he allegedly dipped his fingers into on the way to “producing,” as he calls it, billions of pesos for his bosses after the United Nations distanced itself from such a declaration. One notes that the UN has stated it never gave such an amount to the AFP and that any and all funding support it gives to any member country for whatever purpose is usually advised to that country’s foreign ministry and deposited to the national treasury. The UN statement added it does not deal with individual government agencies especially on matters such as that insinuated by Rabusa. Rather, almost always it deals with the foreign office. So, Rabusa better start working out his explanation on this one before he gets deeper into more contradictions as the congressional hearings drag on.
In last Friday’s hearing, for example, Rabusa got the shock of his life as four active officers and a recently retired one he accused as having committed or were party to irregularities during his time as AFP budget officer got back at him. Short of calling him a liar, these officers told the senators present that Rabusa’s account is contrary to what really happened..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110221com4.html
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