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Drilon sees Ombudsman cover-up in generals’ case By Angie M. Rosales 02/21/2011

Monday, February 21, 2011

Drilon sees Ombudsman cover-up in generals’ case

By Angie M. Rosales 02/21/2011

There’s a consistent pattern exhibited by the Ombudsman in covering up all the misdeeds of at least two retired generals and former military comptroller facing serious charges for alleged ill-gotten wealth, Sen. Franklin Drilon yesterday said.

“That’s how we view things right now, with their (Ombudsman’s) failure to file appropriate charges, is part of an overall cover-up plan. Whoever hatched that, we don’t know yet. But it’s clear that there is a consistent pattern of covering up all these misdeeds,” Drilon said, referring to the alleged amassing of government funds of former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) comptrollers Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot and his successor, Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia.

In an interview with dzBB, Drilon’s statements were also in support of the pronouncements made by President Aquino to put behind bars the Ombudsman’s special prosecutors involved in Garcia’s plea bargain agreement, viewed by many as against the interest of the government.

The Ombudsman’s perceived mishandling of the cases of the two retired generals was highlighted again during the Senate’s resumption of its investigation on the issue of corruption in the military last Friday after it was found out that the agency did not act when it was notified of the discovery of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) on questionable bank accounts, purportedly owned by Ligot, owing to the huge transactions made..... MORE

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