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Shocking EDITORIAL 02/06/2011

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Shocking

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02/06/2011
Most shocking thus far is the call of Noynoy and his Palace boys for the junior officers to rat on their superiors.

Shocking it is because of the consequences of such a call, given the hierarchical military system and the chain of command and the instilling of discipline in the soldiery.

The call may sound great, as junior officers have now received the signal from their Commander in Chief to squeal on their bosses, should they know that their superiors are in on corruption. But there is also the flip side, as the new “order” in the military supplanting the “old” order, could also create a lot of other problems within the military structure, such as inventing charges against several bosses, for the junior officers to be promoted faster and faster too, in taking on the top posts.

But as usual, the communicators of Noynoy and his student council government defended the call of Noynoy, through his executive secretary, for the junior officers to fink on their superiors, saying this won’t undermine the chain of command..... MORE

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URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110206com2.html

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