Muting truth
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| Aldrin Cardon |
In the afternoon following Angelo Reyes’ suicide, I caught a portion of ABS-CBN anchor Noli de Castro’s interview with Pat Daza — the designated Reyes family spokesman, who claimed to have had no inkling about the former AFP chief of staff’s plan to claim his own life in the middle of an investigation into the alleged stolen wealth by top military officials from the AFP coffers.
In the course of the interview, Daza recalled Reyes’ recent visit to the ABS-CBN studios where he chanced upon the former vice president, whom Daza recalled as having egged Reyes to help himself by unloading some of the burdens he had since the probe into the plea bargaining agreement between former AFP comptroller Carlos Garcia and the Ombudsman revealed more collusion among top military brass to steal more money than each of us could possess in our lifetimes.
Reyes found himself sucked into the probe, along with his wife, whom it was claimed by witnesses as having received stolen AFP money herself, like the other brass wives, which could have been the reason for Reyes’ suicide to spare her and their children from further humiliation and shame.
According to Daza, the conversation between Reyes and De Castro went like this:
Noli de Castro: “Magsalita ka na Angie!”
Angelo Reyes: “Ayoko, ayoko... ayokong manglaglag… ako na lang...”
It was short talk, alright, but it proved a real heavy load for Reyes. He opted to kill himself in front of his mother’s tomb that morning. He was laid to rest yesterday..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110214com6.html
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