More photos of April 10 hearing in Tanay. Click on photos to enlarge:
The case of 2nd Lts. Caesar Daen and Percival Alcanar, who were unjustly accused of participating in the Oakwood mutiny and imprisoned for four years, only for the military to admit last Wednesday that their evidence is weak, shows the stupidity and inhumanity of this administration.
Last Wednesday, the military court presided by Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Legazpi which is trying the case of the Magdalo soldiers in connection with what is called the Oakwood mutiny on July 27, 2003, said it was “with a deep sense of justice” that they were dismissing charges against Daen and Alcanar because the “evidence is manifestly weak.”
“Manifestly weak”, my foot! Daen and Alcanar were nowhere near Oakwood when some 300 soldiers led by a group of young officers, among them Navy Lt. (s.g.) Antonio Trillanes, now a senatorial candidate for the Genuine Opposition, declared withdrawal of support from Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
They robbed the young officers four precious years of their lives and they had the gall to say it is their “deep sense of justice” that the men are now allowed to go back to their respective assignments before they were imprisoned. Where is justice there?
That’s the same injustice that Frank Chavez, lawyer of Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda and Maj. Jason Aquino, protested before he walked out of the court martial hearing in Camp Capinpin, Tanay last Tuesday.
Chavez said that the special general court martial (SGCM) trying the 28 officers in connection with the alleged foiled coup against Arroyo in February 2006, is illegal because under the Articles of War and in the Manual for Courts Martial, there are only three kinds of courts martial : general, special and summary. The chief of staff can only create a general court martial but not a special court martial. But AFP chief Hermogenes Esperon created a special general court martial. Chavez said, “He (Esperon) cannot create a special court. It can only be a general court martial. It cannot be a chop suey.”
Chavez also quoted from the Articles of War that says “when any such commander is the accuser or the prosecutor of the person or persons to be tried, the court shall be appointed by superior competent authority.”
Esperon clearly is the accuser. He has jurisdiction over the trial judge advocate which is prosecuting the case. Not only that, Esperon has said he would be a witness and as chief of staff, he will review the decision of the panel.
Chavez, always brutally and endearingly frank, added, in this case, Esperon’s superior authority is, “Gloria Arroyo whom I do not recognize as president.”
Chavez pointed out that a special court martial cannot try lieutenants and six of the accused have the rank of lieutenants.
Also, Chavez said, officers facing charges under a special court martial cannot be confined for more than six months. The accused have been in detention for more than year.
Chavez said it is easy for the panel to set decision in future hearings because they continue live their life day by day. “But not these officers when the rhythm of their lives has been broken.”
Chavez called the attention of the panel to the recommendations of the pre-trial investigation report which was for the dismissal of the charge of mutiny “for lack of factual and legal bases.”
Chavez said Presidential Decree 77 amended by PD 911 lays down the procedure of preliminary investigation that is followed in military pre-trial investigation. “If there is no probable cause, the charges are dismissed.”
Yet Esperon overruled the PTI recommendation and ordered the filing of mutiny charges against the respondents. “There is no provision in the Manual for Court Martial that gives Esperon the power to overturn the recommendation of the pre-trial investigators,” Chavez said.
“It is gross, clear, glaring and grave abuse of discretion,” Chavez said.
Chavez and the other lawyers asked the panel headed by Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano to wait for the decision of the Supreme Court on the petition filed by at least five officers for a temporary restraining order on the SGCM and their release from detention.
Not surprisingly for an Esperon-convened body, the Yano panel rejected the respondents’ lawyers motion. That’s when Chavez walked out.
Chavez said he now doubts if they can get justice from the Yano court. “This is a kangaroo court,” he said. “They are just waiting for a place and time for conviction.”
Chavez, who is also the lawyer of Maj. Jason Aquino, is hoping that they can get a fairer deal from the Supreme Court.
I’ll have to ask some of the officers’ family members to help me complete the caption:
1. In Ranger’s uniform: Cpt. James Sababan and Cpt. Isagani Criste
2. From right, Cpt. Joey Fontiveros, Cpt. Frederick Sales, Cpt. Allan Aurino. Behind are 1Lt.Homer Estolas and 1Lt. Sandro Sereno.
3. Lt. Col. Custodio Parcon with glasses. Behind him are Cpt. Ruben Guinolbay, Cpt. James Sababan and Cpt William Upano.
4. Lt.Homer Estolas with wife Ghae and daughter, Heart.
5. Lt. Col. Edmundo Malabanjot and wife Mayette.
6. Col. Ariel Querubin with relatives. Behind him, right,is his mother-in-law, next I think is his sister-in-law, the young man in blue is his eldest son Martin. and the lady in pink next to Martin is his sister, Yolly.
Kudos to the wives, children and families of these brave young soldiers! My heart goes to the wives who are holding it out in full support of their husbands despite the temptations around them. It was different during the time of my Mom when wives were supposed to just stay at home and tend the home and children. Now, these women are even now forced to be both wife and mother amidst the temptations, even temptation to agree to be paid big sum of money from the national coffers to persuade their husbands no doubtto stand as state witnesses against their fellow warriors for truth and right since the only enemy that they can now consider are the crooks oppressing them and their fellow countrymen.
Mabuhay kayong mga soldiers and wives!!!
Apparently, there still remains in the AFP a few decent men like this BGen. Legaspi, but let’s say how the Burot in the palace by the murky river and her Cheat-of-Staff will treat him after this.
In this case, Esperon is guilty of “Unlawful Command Influence”UCI, because he wittingly acted upon to influence court members, witnesses, or others participating in military justice cases against these soldiers. Such unlawful influence of his not only jeopardized the validity of the judicial process, it undermines the moral of the military members, their respect for the chain of command, and public confidence in the military.
Esperon, the idiot four star general can not order his subordinate to dispose a case in a certain way. He will be the one to face a court martial for his unlawful action. Then, Punggok will turn state witness to prosecute him. What do you think? Fernando and BenignO!……
Ellen,
You affirm that “Daen and Alcanar were nowhere near Oakwood when some 300 soldiers led by a group of young officers…”
And it took Esperon and effing Gloria Tiyanak FOUR BLOODY YEARS to find that out?
How on earth do they propose to wipe a 60 year old insurgency when they couldn’t even get their intel right? Was it so difficult that it should take Esperon and his bleeding mongrel followers to ASK if those two were ANYWHERE NEAR OAKWOOD on July 27, 2003?
Yet when it comes to finding skeletons and graveyards of supposedly NPA killed guerillas (following Alston’s report), it took this unbelievable shitheads less than ONE MONTH to determine that the skeletons found in the graveyard were victims of NPA purges.
Extraordinary.
Esperon is one shithead.
But I don’t want to be harsh on Esperon’s star-ranking subaltern, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Legazpi. He tried to save face with for a stupid mea culpa jargon: ““with a deep sense of justice”.
Legazpi could have redeemed some lost honour, if not for the AFP, at least for himself had he been MORE FORTHCOMING: “With a deep sense of justice, this office would like to inform you that Daen and Alcanar where NOWHERE NEAR THE SCENE OF THE PURPORTED REVOLT.” End of story.
Going around in riddles doesn’t buy the AFP brownie points. A FRIGGING WRONG was committed so goddammit, have the effing balls to admit it.
If Esperon and Legazpi cannot do it, they should be RELIEVED; I have no doubt there are a few more honourable officers in this blasted AFP who are worthy to replace them.
Sorry, this should read: “Now, these women are even now forced to be both FATHER AND MOTHER amidst the temptations AS THEY TRY TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
We all know of the gross injustice done these gallant men in uniform who stand firm to their oath of allegiance to the Philippine flag, country and people, and refuse to go along with the wiles and whims of a bogus president,for which they are now being unjustly punished. We know of how ranking officials like Gudani, et al, are even being deprived of their due pensions and other fringe benefits for staking their lives, even the welfare and interests of their children in battlefields fighting with their own fellow Filipinos even when their prime responsibilities in fact is to defend the country from foreign invaders, not try to liquidate criminal gangs and hoodlums in the country who should in fact be the prime concern of policemen, not soldiers.
Now, we even see members of the AFP fighting among themselves and all for the share of the loots from the national coffers that the bogus president thinks she and her tabatsoy of a husband alone have the right to own and dispose of!!!
I saw the clips of the reception for the supposed hostage victims of Ducat at Malacanang where the always promising Pimp says she would make sure the children are provided education until college and decent homes!!! Abangan ang pagdoble kara ng bibig ng ungas
Abangan ang pagdoble kara ng bibig ng ungas as usual. Ang sarap sibakin!
ma off-topic lang ako sandali:
Para kasing kahit sa America lumalabas na kontrabida si Darlene Custodio:
Arum introduced Pacquiao in the well-attended media event at the Alamodome in Texas as “the pride of the Philippines and a future congressman.”
Mga classmate;
May pakiusap lang sana ako sa inyo kung maari lang sana.Pwede ba sumunod na lang tayo sa flow of traffic,kasi naliligaw ang talakayan natin.Ang mga ibang classmate natin ay hindi pa sila nakakapagsubmit ng test paper,bilang courtesy sa kanila.Ang paksa natin dito ay–Gross,Clear,Grave Injustice–Tapos isingit na naman si Pakyaw sa usapan.Sabi nga ni Chavez ay hindi pwedeng maging chop-suey.
Clarification. Yuko,and to everybody, the pictures above are soldiers accused of participating in the Feb. 2006 foiled coup. They are not Magdalo soldiers. I just use the story of the two Magdalo soldiers to point out the thoughtless and heartless way this administration is treating the armed forces.
The hearing in Tanay for the 28 accused in the Feb 2006 incident (Gen. Miranda, Gen. Lim et al) was last Tuesday, April. 10. The Magdalo hearing in Camp Aguinaldo was last Wednesday, April. 11.
Thanks, Cocoy. I don’t encourage frequent off-topic discussion especially on matters that I feel are not really worth wasting time on.
cocoy,
salamat sa pag-puna mo sa mga off-topic. siguro mababawasan na ang mga kumustahan at tsikahan dito na wala sa lugar.
Ang haba ng poste ko dito kanina (10a.m. here), when I clicked submit biglang naga-disappear. Tinamad tuloy ako.
Anyway,ang sabi ng Legazpi court ay “they were dismissing charges against Daen and Alcanar because the “evidence is manifestly weak.”
Nakakainis itong Legazpi panel, it is taking us for a ride na naman. Manifestly weak daw, e wala nga doon sa Oakwood sina Daen and Alcanar ano ba naman ‘yan?! Nagpapalusot pa e inamin na nga nila na nowhere near Oakwood ang dalawa. So, ibig sabihin ay physically absent ang mga akusado at walang perception or recognition of their presence. Manifestly weak daw, tumigil na nga kayo! Basta walang kaso ang dalawa. Why is it so difficult for the Legazpi panel to admit their mistake? Makakabawas ba iyan sa pagka-macho ng mga miembro? Dapat ay compensate nila ang dalawa para sa apat na taong perwisyo bukod sa balik trabaho!
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I believe also that justice can’t be achieved in the SGCM because from the start, it is ony following the capricios and orders of the poser president and commander-in-cheat and Assperon, the super security guard of the Pidals!
If this special court is illegal as said by lawyer Chavez, pwede bang balikan ng demanda si Esperon?
Ellen,you’re welcome!
HNP,don’t get me wrong,puede rin siguro kapag natapos na ang klase,hindi mo naman maaalis ang exchanging of pleasantries,di ba?Tapusin muna natin ang subject.
Chi;
Re;Puwede bang balikan ng demanda si Esperon..
Palagay ko puwede,civil case ang kaso,asking compensation for moral damages,etc,etc,Dito kasi sa merica,once you violated a civil rights of individual,no matter who they are ay idinidemanda,I cite you an example,the case of Rodney King who was beaten by a cop for traffic violation and he was high on drugs,idinemanda niya ang LAPD,he walked out in court for $3million on out court settlement.Ewan ko lang sa pinas kung may batas na ganyan.Kung wala man,dapat itong mga susunod na mambubutas,este,mambabatas natin dapat magpasa sila ng batas para maprotektahan ang karapatang pantao na naaabuso.
Oo nga Cocoy. Walang proteksyon ang mga naapi at sobrang pang-abuso sa mga tao. Hindi ko mabanaagan ang respeto sa karapatang pantao sa kasong ito na naikwento ni Ellen. Nakakainis na nakakalungkot dahil parang palaging nasa deadend ang buhay ng mga sundalong ito araw-araw dahil lang sa political survival ni Tianak na hawak sa leeg ni Assperon na forever din na gustong makinabang sa illegal na pananatili ni Tianak sa pwesto.
ang mga pinoy ay walang nang maaasahan sa militar na nasira at naging ‘politicized’ na kagagawan ng martial law. kudeta kaliwa’t kanan, inumpisahan ni gringo. ang mga opisyales, walang napaparusahan. sila-sila rin ang nag-iiringan, kanya-kanyang pwesto.
sa pagpatay kay ninoy, mga maliliit ang pinarusahan, mga scapegoats ika nga. wala man lang nag-resign sa kanilang kapabayaan. ‘yan ay kung ipagpalagay natin na hindi sila kasabwat sa pagpatay.
Chi, the Yano panel is trying the 28 officers (miranda, lim et al) involved in the feb. 28 2006 foiled withdrawal of support.
The one trying the magdalo case (which happened in July 27, 2003)is the Legazpi panel.
I know it’s easy to get confused.
With all these hearings going on, medyo ako rin and others in media following the cases are being kept busy. Okay lang. What is that compared to the sufferings of the soldiers and their families. Next week, Frank Chavez will go to the Supreme Court for Maj. Aquino. We should be covering that too.
God bless you, Ellen, for what you do. You and your kind of journalists are the ones who inspire idealists like me to do the same.
Someday, hopefully, will see the kind of responsible media that you and your fellow “matiyaga” will be able to achieve sans the risks such as the same libel suits being made a big business by the now 75-25 (daw), not 50-50 Fatso!
Mabuhay ka, Ellen!
It certainly has become the trademark of this administration: STUPIDITY and INHUMANITY. The case of Lts. Daen and Alcanar, falsely charged and put behind bars for four years and dismissed because the evidence is “manifestly weak” is one glaring example of such stupidity and inhumanity.
The humiliation and mental anguish they suffered during those years cannot be restituted by just declaring SORRY boys, manipis pala at mahina ang aming ebidensya. I think they have enough grounds to get back and file charges against the government, particularly the AFP, for such “manifestly strong” human rights violation.
But of course, no way it can materialize as long as Mrs. Arroyo is in power with a cowtowing AFP leadership. There must be a change in the political atmosphere. That’s why the coming elections is far too important for the people to register their abomination on the surreptitious activities of the present dispensation. That is to support those who are GO-ing against the candidates of Mrs. Arroyo. Now is the time to get everything Go-ing!
So, the two soldiers are found not liable to any of the charges against their fellow soldiers, and they are being released. Are they going to be paid, too, for the damages to their state of mind, health, etc. by the incompetent AFP and the government? I wonder. Dito iyan mayaman na sila!
Hi Ellen,
I think those are Cpt Criste and Cpt James Sababan in the first photo.
Like some of us here, I did try to answer one of your posts yesterday but when I submitted my comment, “server cannot be found” flashed. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the time anymore to compose another one that I logged out. 🙁
On the issue if we can file moral and civil damages against Esperon after all these abuses, I think we can. (Sorry, under bar ako kaya we might as well ask somebody with the title “atty” to confirm this. 🙂 ) And we have every intention to do that. The life inside is a real hell that kids get sick. I just got back from the hospital with my kid because she had a viral infection after our visit in Tanay. The doctor said it is acquired airborne. You can just imagine how it is like being locked up inside with your kids. Sabi na lang namin na schooling ang daddy nila pero ng nagtanong bakit nakakando kami lahat sa loob ng conjugal area pagsapit ng alas otso ng gabi, di ko na maalala ano sinagot ko dahil ibinaling ko sa iba ang topic pero alam ko gaya ng ibang nanay dun, mahirap sagutin na tanong yun lalo na’t walang kasalanan ang mga ama nila. Sobrang paranoid naman sila na ikandado pa kami sa loob despite all the guards and the multi-level cyclone wires around the whole detention area.
I think the third officer in the second photo is Cpt Allan Aurino while Cpt Sababan and Cpt Upano are the officers behind Cpt Sales
Yes, the living conditions in the detention center are really inhuman.
Bandila (ABS-CBN late night news) showed a video of the living quarters showing some soldiers and their families living in tents during the Holy Week, We learned Lt. Baccarro, the AFP spokesman, was angry because cameras and cellphones are not supposed to be allowed inside the detention quarters. I was told the AFP is investigating.
AFP is not investigating the inhuman living conditions of the detention quarters but the taking of video shots and the release to media.
Walang puso talaga.
“ang mga pinoy ay walang nang maaasahan sa militar na nasira at naging ‘politicized’ na kagagawan ng martial law. kudeta kaliwa’t kanan, inumpisahan ni gringo. ang mga opisyales, walang napaparusahan. sila-sila rin ang nag-iiringan, kanya-kanyang pwesto”
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Militar lang ba ang “politicised”?
You all take a look around you. Panay pulitika ang usapan. Thin on issues, thick on politics.
Panay personality and posturing ang pinag-uusapan.
When you point a finger at someone, there are three pointing back at you.
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Invictus, who are the officers next to Cpt. Guinolbay? Is one of them Cpt Criste?
Invictus, All:
One thing I have observed is that this blog usually disappears or becomes difficult to access between 10 am to 3 pm Philippine time because I experience the same thing.
It also makes a disappearing when it’s morning in the US. I am told that this happens only on this and MLQ’s blogs.
I experienced the same difficulty yesterday for four hours. I informed my adminnistrator about it.
Ellen,
I am still gobsmacked. I’m going back on what I said earlier that I didn’t want to be harsh on Esperon’s star-rank subaltern, Brig Gen Legazpi.
I wanna say now that HE SHOULD TAKE HIS EFFING BALLS IN HIS HANDS AND ADMIT that Esperon’s military had committed a case of monumental injustice by locking up two junior officers WHO WERE NOWHERE NEAR OAKWOOD on July 27, 2003.
Could you imagine that? It took a military entity FOUR BLOODY YEARS TO FIND OUT THAT two junior officers weren’t anywhere near Oakwood.
When Legazpi deemed that the physical “evidence was manifestly weak”, why didn’t he just say that the junior officers weren’t there at all instead of going around with his mumbo jumbo “Deep or great sense of justice, etc.”
And to think it took him FOUR FRIGGING YEARS TO DETERMINE THAT his physical evidences were weak. It’s their brains that are weak.
Absolute pillocks Esperon and the rest of his mongrel followers are.
Completely ignorant un-military like peasants.
It is so effing easy for any military (am sure even the Bangla Deshi military could have fared much much better) to CHECK presence and absence. How could they have been so effing idiots and not done this most basic military routine?
It is very unfortunate but as I’ve said in my own blog, military leadership can only be as good (and effective) as the civilian government under which it serves.
Gloria Tiyanak’s government is morally and legally corrupt, downright ineffecient and completely volatile, hence the military military leadership that serves under her frigging immoral and decaying government is the same.
The so-called rebel military group led by Maj Gen R Miranda and Brig Gen D Lim, Philippine Marines and Scout Rangers respectively, is the only worthy component that could lead this self-imploding Esperon-led AFP.
Esperon is an absolute pillock just like his master and commander, Gloria Tiyanak who can’t seem to get it through her thick, ugly head that without an effective military command, Philippine democracy will not survive.
Ellen,
Re Bandila (ABS-CBN late night news) showed a video of the living quarters showing some soldiers and their families living in tents…
Tapos itong si putragis na bogus commander in chief nila, panay nakaw para mag granacha ng buhay nila? First class hospitalization pa itong si Fatso na ayaw pa yatang mamatay? Saan nila kinuha ang pambayad doon kay Dr Yap galing sa San Francisco?
Tang$$$$$$$$$$na nila talaga.
My golly, “some soldiers and families living in tents..” Putragis talaga!
Ellen, medyo nalilito nga ako sa dami ng military courts na itinatag para bastusin ang magigiting kong heroes! Kahit ano pa, kitang-kita ang kawalang-pantao na pagtrato nina Esperon sa mga sundalo at pamilya. Itong si Esperon ay dapat masunod kay Fartso, pronto! O kaya ay merong biglang mag-tsaaakkkk!!!
This is the situation in the detention quarters of the 28 officers in Camp Capinpin. Families of the soldiers may correct or add to this.
Generals Miranda and Lim are in separate quarters. Quite far from the 26 officers who are confined barracks style. One big room, double deck beds. There are no private rooms.
Visitors are not allowed in that area.
The detention compound is a prison camp, surrounded by high concrete walls and barbed wires.
There’s another building in the compound which they call “conjugal area”. That’s where they stay when their families visit. Visits are allowed only on weekends.
There’s one reception area (as big as an ordinary classroom) and 8 small private rooms ( enough for a double deck bed)
Eight private rooms for conjugal visits for 26 officers! The officers and their wives made an arrangement to take turns with conjugal visits. Like the eight families who visit first week of the month, can’t visit the next week.
How about the children? Most of the time, they all sleep on the floor in the reception area. It can be fun but at the same time heartbreaking.
Because of the long vacation last Holy Week, many of the families took advantage of it. Since there were not enough private rooms, they put up temporary partitions out of blankets in the reception area. Some of them brought tents.
Marami pang kwento which Esperon would not want the public to know.
The most imortant thing here is, these officers have not been charged yet. The court martial trial has not officially started.
Invictus, I hope you baby is now okay. We are praying for you all.
Ah, the conjugal rooms! Ellen, I hope walang pambuso mirror there. Baka kinukunan sila ng video!!! Yuck! 😛
Ellen,
Re Marami pang kwento which Esperon would not want the public to know.
Ganoon ba? Triple DUWAG pala ang putragis ano?
miss ellen heres the correct caption for the 2nd photo… the gwapo guys behind are 1lt homer estolas(the one w/ glasses),right next to him is 1lt sereno(hmmm forgot his given name eh). the 3rd photo naman, beind col parcon are capt guinolbay,capt. sababan and far most is capt upano…
Gosh, bata pa ang mga officers na yan: 1Lt and captain ranks pa lang.
Kawawa iyang si putragis na Esperon at ang mistress and bogus commander niyang si Gloria punggok kapag nagkataon.
Don’t worry young officers, you can get back at putragis na Esperon and his mistress and bogus commander very soon.
Ellen, Just enlarged the pic of Col Querubin and family and I could see that he looked tired and not well.
Am appalled that a valorous warriors as those show in the pics, particularly brave and bemedalled Col Ariel Querubin should be reduced to inaction and frustration by this supot Esperon.
While I believe they know how to keep physically fit, it is the mental torture on their family that must really be weighing down on their minds.
Di bale, the time will come when they can hang Esperon and Gloria Tiyanak from the highest lampost for all the kababuyans they’ve done and continuing to do.
i would like to comment on col baccaro’s interview last april 12 in GMA 7…where he said somethinglike this…”the wives are so emotional that they are distorting the truth”….to hell with you col baccaro!!!! WHO IS DISTORTING THE TRUTH?
col baccaro, you are just scared because we are starting to outsource media people so the filipino will basically know what you have done to us…to our families…to our lives… DISTORTING THE TRUTH?
Re How about the children? Most of the time, they all sleep on the floor in the reception area.
How gross… how can the AFP allow this thing to happen?
Is Esperon taking on the chidren of the officers too? Putragis talaga. Are they supposed be the collateral damage of his war against good and honourable officers?
Ellen, your description of the appalling living conditions of the families of these officers show that Esperon has become triple duwag that he now takes on their families because he cannot break the spirit of those who will always be better officers than him.
Absolutely appaling conduct from one who carries 4 stars on his shoulders. Puron putragis na yabang wala namang bayag ang idiot na Esperon na yan.
THE TRUTH HAS LONG BEEN DISTORTED MY DEAR COLONEL!!!! oh well i understand you have to cover up your asshole superior and follow the chain of command otherwise:) you will be the one to be charged conduct unbecoming,disrespect to superior!!!!
what do you expect the wives will feel about this illegal detention and the whole damn injustice your esperon is doing to our husbands my ever dear spokes person of apf col baccaro? BE MERRY? huh your face coronel…you just made us even more M-A-D, AND THANKS FOR THAT STATEMENT COLONEL BECAUSE IT SOMEHOW MOTIVATED US TO REALLY BREAK OUR SILENCE…
Bacaro should just shut up, zip it all the time.
Military wife, I applaud you. I am a military wife too and believe me, I would act like you had an Esperon like 4-star military chief and subalterns done the same thing to my husband.
If Baccaro and Esperon want the military wives of the incarcerated officials not to pout, all they’ve got to do is to go by the rules of the military book: NO CHARGES, THEN FREE THE OFFICERS.
(Utter pillocks..)
Had difficulty getting into this blog, too !
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A friend described to me some time back about the living conditions of these soldiers. It broke my heart just listening to the story. I donated what I could to at least improve their living conditions. Of course, I begged that my name be w/held, after all, I don’t need any adulation or praises from this gesture. Helping from the heart, ika nga.
How can one not help these soldiers ? For every single day they are incarcerated, is a day they sacrifice themselves for truth & justice. That is difficult to do. But not for heroes.
I have mentioned many times, EVERYTHING is in God’s hands. These soldiers will have their time. They will have their own glory.
Mabuhay po kayo, mga sundalo ng Pilipino !
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Ms. Ellen,
I’m sure you are a great help to these soldiers for sharing w/ the public their conditions & their situation through your blog !
Invictus,
“…na ikandado pa kami sa loob despite all the guards and the multi-level cyclone wires around the whole detention area.”
WHAAAAAT? Kinakandado kayo kasama ng mga bata?
Ellen, this is atrocious, what if fire breaks out. This is is THE MOST IDIOTIC shit I’ve ever heard.
This is terrifying. This is CRIMINAL…
..As to this Assperon & Baccaro:
Both of them, along w/ the other Gloria Military Dogs are possibly not humans ! They are what I term as F*ckheads ! They give humanity a bad name !
Sila ang dapat itapon sa kakunggan. Di bale, weather weather lang yan.
Whatever will happen, will happen. When that day comes, there should be NO compromises made w/ Assperon, Baccaro & the Gloria Miliatary Dogs. Compromises are made w/ human beings NOT dogs !
Re Compromises are made w/ human beings NOT dogs !
Chabs,
Excuse me but my dog is wildly upset and says that Assperon, Baccaro and Gloria’s military mongrels AIN’T DOGS, they are PIGS…
Oo nga naman…
So with your permission, allow me to formulate the phrase, which by the way is absolutely SPOT ON…
Compromises are made w/ human beings NOT WITH PIGS!
AdbBrux,
Hahahahah ! No insult meant to your dog. Yes, “Assperon, Bacarro & Gloria Military mongrels” are PIGS !
A known Mike Arroyo Tuta, what happens now to the likes of Assperon, Ebdane & the rest ? They will soon be headless chickens !
AdbBrux,
“Compromises are made w/ human beings NOT WITH PIGS!”
Yesssssssss !
AdbBrux,
I should also rephrase my earlier statement, too:
A known Mike Arroyo Tuta, what happens now to the likes of Assperon, Ebdane & the rest ? They will soon be oinkless PIGS !
Hahahaha
Ma’M AdbBrux, all
The treatment to the jailed soldiers is really atrocious, criminal and most of all INHUMAN.
It took me quite a while to be in my usual self upon reading the accounts of their inhuman treatment to include their families who took the opportunity to visit them in their cells.
The input of Military Wife is an eye opener and should be given the widest publicity if possible. For people (we know who are they probably laughing at the moment on the misfortunes of the soldiers) who don’t care to shut up for once. Be attuned to the topic.
yes i would like to testify w/ that kandado issue adbbrux… minsan nga i asked the guards what if me sunog…well they just told me na hindi daw mangyayari un..as simple as that!
and the inccomunicado status…until now they are forbidden to use cellphones…it is so difficult ksi comunication is a basic ingredient to relationships–in anyway for that matter right? may it be feelings or family matters..we all need to comunicate to reach out and comfort our loved ones…yet we are deprived to that …
Sleepless;
I agree with you that the input of the military wife is an eye opener. Some are laughing about them, they are a person who are having a degenerative illness in the heart, who does not care about the downtrodden flight unto miseries of these brave soldiers.
These brave soldiers are not imprisoned because they are criminals, but because they’ve been accused of breaking one of an ever-increasing numbers of E.O.,E.O. Bobo of the highness almighty panggulo, I mean pangulo, her rule by law to exert tighter control and repression. They have been scapegoat and criminalized. The “Dos Diablos”Esperon and Panggulo shows little mercy to them. It is the fact that these soldiers are seeking to change the most corrupt government most within their groups in the military system that prostituted by Esperon, that makes them a political offense exception applicable, not for the reasons for wishing to do so or the nature of the act by which they hope to accomplish that goal.
Now, these soldiers sucked into the prison machine whom they become conscious through the daily punishing repression, as what the military wife elaborated, a heart breaking story.
Bakero (actually bakayaroo) in Japanese is more or less equivalent to “Tarantado” even “P-ina mo” in Tagalog. Tamang-tama sa apelyido noong tarantadong colonel. Bakero Bacaro! Buking na buking na ang mga inutil, nagpapasikat pa rin! Ang kapal ng mukha!
Military wife:
Huwag kayong matakot! There are a lot many women like us behind you. Women’s Power diyan palakasin. Tignan lang natin kung may ibubuga iyong sinasabing mga walang yagbols!
As for the Tiyanak, sinabi ko na nga sa inyong bobo iyan e. Everybody at UP knows binili lang niya ang DPhil niya either from Angara or Abueva. Recycle lang daw ng term paper ni Dadong ang thesis niya. Dapat diyan may mag-scrutinize ng dissertation niyan para mabulgar ng husto ang sinabmit niyang papel. Golly, pati ang category ng mga DPhil holder binaboy!
Ilan pa kaya ang bababuyin ng mga iyan para sumiklab na ng husto ang mga pilipino?
ellen:
to be candid about it, i have long ago frowned on military personnel forays on anything purely political in nature.
simply, it is not just right WHEN soldiers who are entrusted with a special pact to be protectors of the people train their guns instead on citizens who are merely seeking a redress against government’s idiocy and inefficiency.
thus, when more than half of human and civil rights violations especially in the provinces are often attributed to them it is rather hard (or so, i thought) to summon personal sympathy for them.
am NOW rethinking that position, in NO small terms due to your courageous efforts to vouch for many of them having integrity and character–it counts to me.
it is also a pleasant surprise to hear from SPY (obviously an insider) in some previous thread that the ongoing conflict is hardly ideological in nature, but an attempt by the fake and corrupt president to usurp illegal powers to continue the thieving and misgovernance.
through your posts, i have come to realize that the military institution is NOT a one big cohesive anti-people killing machine; that there are still brave and incorruptible soldiers willing to make a difference albeit a sorry minority, is what matters most.
please continue the role of a principled guide, to enable us spot the difference who among them is sundalong kanin tumbong (as Yuko would have it) and the real people’s soldier. more power!
Pagkatapos ng apat na taong pagbababoy sa mga walang kasalanang sundalo, sasabihin lang ang “our deep sense of justice,” with nay ha or nay ho! Talagang UNFORGIVABLE na ang ginagawang ito nina Assperon at Tiyanak!
I pray that the so-called Day of Reckoning would soon come…
Military Wife:
Mabuti’t nagkalakas-loob kayong isiwalat sa media ang mga pinaggagawa ng mga baboy na ito sa inyong asawa at mga kapamilya. Sa panahon ngayon, magpasalamat tayo at merong mga taga-media na hindi takot ipaalam sa mundo ang mga katiwaliang ito. Hindi naman kaagad makakarating ang tulong ngunit nakatitiyak tayong may darating na tulong! Kahit hindi ako military wife, nakikiisa ako sa mga kahirapang dinaranas n’yo at ng inyong mga pamilya!
The political leadership of Arroyo has deprived the fundamental rights of these soldiers, they are politically suppressed for raising their voice against her corrupt regime. They are treated in jail as if they were wild animals, they meted out a harsh treatment, and that is the topic of the discussion of the subject for now.
Re Anna’s :”Gosh, bata pa ang mga officers na yan: 1Lt and captain ranks pa lang”
Anna, the youngest is 27-year old Lt. Jacon Cordero, the son of Gen (ret) Jacinto Cordero.
In the PTI (pre-trial investigation), it was recommended that charges of both mutiny and conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman against 20 officers be dismissed.Meaning, No charges should be filed against them. One of those 20 is Lt. Cordero. Still, he and other officers are in jail!
cocoy:
My apology for putting off-topic about Arum (Pacquiao’s Manager)…nagyabang kasi itong taong ito na he is american at kung anong gusto niyang sabihin puwede…
Like others iiwasan ko na din ang off-topic instead maging observer na lang pagwalang masabi.
My opinion is kung ang Coup ay successful walang kaso pag failed may kaso ganoon lang naman ka simple sa pinas…pero mali din naman yun dampot ng dampot ng sundalo tapos later on wala palang kasalanan.
Peace!
If the living conditions in the detention quarters have improved a little, that’s no thanks to the military etablishment. The officers, themselves, being soldiers were the ones who improved them. They fixed the water system, they put up a basketball court (rather ring).
The inhumanity of Arroyo and Esperon can’t quell people’s appeciation and adherence to what is right and good.The detained officers have not been lacking in support from those who believe in their stand for truth and justice. Someone sent refrigerator. Before there was only one small refrigerator. When families bring food, it’s good only for one day. Dahil masisira. At least now, they can store more food.
I know Frank Chavez sent 15 electric fans.
It’s clear that the purpose of Arroyo and Esperon in making life difficult for these honorable officers is to break their spirits. They are wrong.
Jojovela:
Peace! Also, These brave soldiers are really aspiring in their conquest, they sacrifices everything. There ideology and idealism will trump in reality, although, Hermo Esperon and his “ Boltai da I Tolko”–All talk and nothing more–refuse to deal with reality. Instead of accepting the fact that these soldiers become their political pawn in clinging to power he become adamant, harsh and discontented. It is tragic that this loco heneral would so willingly sacrifice his own prestige and honor to pursue just to satisfy his master goring. He is a reckless general, whose only strategy is to blindly continue incarcerating his men who oppose his unjust assumption to power tainted with corruption.
Cocoy:
Sayang at hindi nabigyan suporta ng ating mga kababayan. Nabasa ko sa sundalo.bravehost.com ang mga profiles nila at talagang heroes silang lahat. Siguro talagang malakas ang puwersa ng grupo nila Senga at that time and when Querubin called for people protection wala hindi man lang nag react ang mga tao. Look Trillanes is not doing good in survey kinalimutan na nila yun sacrifice…bakit pag sa ibang bansa malakas si Trillanes at maging sa mga internet surveys (votester.com.ph)…sabi nga ni ex comelec chief Monsod mas matalinong botante ang mga nasa ibang bansa siguro dahil di kami nababayaran at ang problema lang baka di mabilang.
Re: “Siguro talagang malakas ang puwersa ng grupo nila Senga ”
Wrong. Senga was weak. Brig Gen Lim went up to him to inform him that there was restiveness in the military but instead of tackling Gen Lim’s report head on, he evaded it and passed the buck on to Esperon who declared that he ruled over the “life and death” military fate of Gen Lim and the other officers. But Esperon WAS WRONG. He’s forgetting that there are military laws and the laws are clear, no charges (as the PTI later confirmed, AFP’s case against the officers had no legal leg to stand on), THEN BY GOLLY, FREE THE OFFICERS.
Senga didn’t have clout but Esperon, one of Gloria’s Hello Garci military stooges had clout, that I admit but both generals were moral cowards. Col Querubin stood down – he went back to barracks with the troops so clearly, even a 12-year old Boy Scout would understand that THERE COULD NOT BE ANY CASE OF MUTINY, attempted or not. The worst charge that could be levied against Col Querubin and the Philippine Marines was (as the February thinggy event proved) ATTEMPTED INSUBORDINATION – laughable in the extreme.
In other words, those two idiots, Senga and Esperon, were weak, Senga being the CSAFP that he was should have held his ground by standing up to Esperon and should have said, “Lim is assigned to his quarters, no charge because he DID NOT COMMIT MUTINY WHEN HE TALKED TO ME.”
Idiots, Lim committing mutiny? A mutiny cannot be committed by only 1 MAN and particularly NO MUTINY AT ALL if that would-be effing 1-man mutineer did not threaten violence?
Esperon should go back to military basics. Bloody idiot.
“There ideology and idealism will trump in reality, ”
It should be “THEIR” ideology…
If not for the journalists like Ma’m Ellen who are covering the court martial hearings and giving us the account on what transpired on every hearing, we wouldn’t know these grave injustice and inhuman treatment being afforded to the incarcerated officers. But I think the more Esperon and by command responsibility, Mrs. Arroyo give hard time to these men, it will not break their spirit and their idealism will carry them to the very end.
We hope that their resolve will be a rallying point for their well-meaning comrade and will eventually come out in the open.
ADB;
How nice if we discuss the subject without any diversion of attention which some are trying to inflict, we can fully dig to the most bottom part. As I read your posting it become clear to me, the real scenario on the event. I agree with you that these soldiers need to be set free and go back to their respective unit.
They did not commit any acts of violence or otherwise act in a manner that would diminish or to be destructive to their primary goal. Senga and Esperon reacted immediately with severe counter measures, with arresting them and each of the soldiers conduct themselves in such a manner as not to create a distasteful situation. They were determine to display strict discipline among there ranks and prevent any undesirable events from occurring. Now, Where is the mutinous act?
Titser;
Thanks for the correction.
Yes,It should be Their ideology.
Ms. Ellen,
Only people w/ broken spirits could treat people inhumanely. I agree w/ you that “It’s clear that the purpose of Arroyo and Esperon in making life difficult for these honorable officers is to break their spirits. They are wrong.” (April 14th, 2007 at 4:54 am)
alegadown:
“where are they during the time of the mutiny when these soldiers needed it most?”
I was in b-day party and I saw it CNN. Sa totoo lang ako lang nagkaroon ng interest panoodin ang CNN during that time at yun mga ibang pinoy walang pakialam…ang pakiramdam ko ngayon marami tayong kababayan sa America na wala ng malasakit sa atin bansa kasi nga naman medyo maayos na ang buhay nila dito. Kung nasa pinas ka naman how can you show your sympathy kung sa dami ng checkpoint at takutin ka eh talagang wala kang magagawa. Finally naka boto na din ako dito and this is the best way I can show my sympathy for Trillanes…I voted for him!
Kung matalo man si Trillanes ngayon election sana man lang makakuha siya ng 5-6M at para sa akin this is enough to show that people sympathize with him or to the Magdalo group.
Pag Api ka gusto ka ng masang pilipino ganyan ang pinoy, kaya sigurado panalo na si trillanes at ang ibang nakakulong na kandidato.
Si Erap dahil inaapi-api sya non ng mga kalaban nya ayun siya may pinaka malaking botong nakuha sa kasaysayan ng pilipinas tapos wala rin.
Saka ka na magsisi sabi nga ng mga sabongero..
ferdnando,
ang labo ng mga opinyon mo. ang pananaw mo ay blangko, walang magandang solusyon sa mga sinasabi mo. daig mo pa ang isinuko ang ga-hiblang natitirang pag-asang pinag-aalab ng ating mga kababayan upang makaahon sa kumunoy na kinasasadlakan sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni gloria.
alalahanin mo sana, kapatid, sa ating mga nagdarahop na mga kababayang kinasangkapan ng kasalukuyang pamunuan ay walang hindi nakakaranas ng kaapihan sapagkat ipinagkakait sa kanila ang makapamuhay ng marangal at tamasahin ang tunay at lantay na kalayaang maisaayos ang anumang naging bunga ng mga panlilinlang.
post ko galing sa kabila:
mga kasama at kapwa manggagawa sa ibayong dagat,
merong kumakalat na balita sa internet na binabalak ng administrasyong arroyo na sibakin na ang tax exemption ng mga OFW na sumasahod ng $6,000.00 sa loob ng isang taon.
kung totoo ito, hindi ba’t isang patunay na wala nang iniisip ang kasalukuyang pamunuan kundi ang sakalin ang naghihirap nang mamamayan at pati na rin nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa na ang dollar remittance ang siyang nagbibigay buhay sa naghihingalong kabuhayan ng bansa? sa halip na mag-isip sila kung paano makakapag-generate ng trabaho para sa natitirang lakas paggawa sa bansa ay ang pagkotong pa sa pinaghihirapan ng mga pobreng dobleng sakit na ang dinaranas dahil sa pagkakalayo sa mga mahal sa buhay na naiwan sa sariling bayan.
nakakaawa naman ang mga namumuno sa ating pamahalaan, NAGING INUTIL na ang mga utak at nawalang na ng kakayahang patakbuhin nang maayos ang henyo nilang kaisipan.
tsk. tsk. tsk. tsk.
ellen says: “Because of the long vacation last Holy Week, many of the families took advantage of it. Since there were not enough private rooms, they put up temporary partitions out of blankets in the reception area. Some of them brought tents.”
naalala ko nu’ng August 1987 nang bigla kaming pinul-out sa lanao del norte dahil sa kudeta at tumigil kami sa dating security & escort unit headquarters sa tabi ng MISG sa ft bonifacio. ganito rin ang naging kalagayan namin kasama ang aming mga pami-pamilya sa loob ng barracks. poncho ang dibisyon ng bawat make shift na kuwarto. ang mga anak namin ay semento rin natutulog na ang sapin ay banig na plastik at isyung blanket. kapag umulan, nag-sa-shower kaming lahat sa loob at kapag uminit ay kasabay ang pagtagaktak ng pawis dahil sa pagsisiksikan.
haaay! buhay sundalo. mula noon hanggang ngayon, SAKRIPISYO!
esperon earned NOT SUPPORT but DISRESPECT and HATE of majority in the rank and file of the three major services of the AFP and what he enjoys is the company of those leech-like dull officials who, like himself do not deserve even a stripe of a private and a second to keep their respective positions.
esperon fears the wrath of the incarcerated officers, the reason why he tried so hard to pin them down despite the findings and recommendation of the PTIO that there was no probable cause to try them for mutiny due to lack of physical evidence. and, once the fury of these honorable men fall on him, he will surely explode into tiny bits and that will be the end of his perfidy and mockery of justice.
It has long been the pactice of some people here to break the flow of discussion by introducing off-topic comments. I don’t alltogether prohibit off-topic comments if it’s breaking news. But off topic comments just to derail the discussion is something else.
There are some who don’t have malicious intent in introducing off-topic comments but it still has the same effect of breaking the flow of discussions. So i hope you take that into consideration.
Ellen,
Classmates, officer friends and soldiers of the incarcerated officers in Tanay were prohibited to visit them. They sent books, foodstuffs, and the like instead. This simple act of support from fellow officers and soldiers infuriated some loyal dogs of esperon. They started opening the detainees’ mails both incoming and outgoing.They harassed helpful officers by ‘inviting’ them for an inquiry and/or by surveillance to discourage them from giving any assistance to the detainees.
Yes, the AFP is really making life harder for the detainees and had done a grave injustice from the very start.
esperon and his loyals are going wayward and have lost the remaining humane attitude left in their brainless heads. he (esperon) shows sign of debilitated reasoning and suspects even the harmless things of going against him. he must have forgotten that he does not own the whole AFP and he will not stay forever in his position.
spy, can you please dig for us the class motto of esperon’s batch in the academy? just wondering if this crook’s attitude still fits and goes with that slogan.
ellen:
ilang beses ko nang binanggit at alam kong ito’y paulit-ulit pero patuloy pa rin akong mangungulit. tama ang kanilang (magdalo) pinaglalaban kontra sa katiwalian subalit ang hindi ko nagustohan ay ang kanilang pamamaraan. ngayon kaya sila naparusahan ay dahil sa kanilang kasalanan.
alam kong tatanggalin din na naman tong poste kong ito pero di pa rin ako magsasawa sa pagbibisita sa blog na ito. naniniwala pa rin ako sa demokrasya, freedom of choice freedom of speech…. pero pag di nagustohan ang punto mo delete ang poste mo….. ayos lang yun.. 🙂
dapat lang maparusahan baka kasi may susunod pa kapag napapalitan na ang kasalukoyang pamahalaan, baka may gagaya pa ng kanilang pamamaraan sa paggawa ng pangalan at mag-umpisa ng kagulohan alalahanin nyo tatlong taon pa uli bago maghalalan…. kaya kung may gagaya man aba, dalawa pa hanggang tatlong taon kayo makukulong bago kayo makapag file ng certificate of candidacy… 🙂
Spy, when did this happen?
Anna..esperon is nothing but a tru blu asshole who only spews out nothing but pure shit..starting from his nose, ears, mouth to his butt!!!!! he should die and be fed to the piranhas…….
Ellen..grabe na talaga ito….as what Spy mentioned, this is really worst of all worst…it is so sad that i feel the AFP is now just a mere puppet. and when i say this,kawawa at pati mga innocent military stff ay nadadamay..wala nga naman silang magagawa at malamang sila ay madadamay din…where is this country going to Ellen……..
the revelation of Spy must reach the Human rights an the international news..kahit na hindi sila pinapapasok sa loob, hindi tayo dapat mawalan ng pag-asa.
i am sad that i had to take out the sticker of Trillanes in my car lest i will be an unwilling victim of the minions of the EK…
soleil,
why not burn his corpse instead? those piranhas might be poisoned with esperon’s decaying flesh. also, i don’t think piranhas will thrive on shit.
alegadown,
huwag kang mawalan ng pag-asa. sa paghawi ng lambong ng maitim na ulap ay naroon ang panibagong banaag ng pangako ng katiwasayan. hindi natin dapat isuko ang pag-asam ng isang maayos at masaganang pamayanan sa kabila ng mga katiwaliang ating nilalabanan.
pasasaan ba, masusumpungan din natin ang tunay na mga lingkod bayang magsisilbi ng walang pag-iimbot. walang pag-aalinlangan. at handang ihandog ang buo nilang kahusayan at karangalan alang alang sa kinabukasan ng susunod na henerasyong magmamana ng isang marangal na pamahalaan.
alegadown:
Could you email me your email account @ jojovelas2005@yahoo.com…may gusto lang ako sa iyong sabihin…
I will wait for your reply on my email.
Thanks,
Hi Ellen,
Sorry for the late reply. Yes, my kid is still sick and I have heard that more kids are getting sick there now. I have learned of the statement of Bacaro about the wives getting emotional and distorting the truth. That is very pathetic of him. Why don’t they let the kids of Esperon and all the other officers, who have been condemning these soldiers to sleep on that same place and we will see if they will not complain of the same injustice? After all, the soldiers there have been declared innocent with the PTI for attempting to create a mutiny. Why the delay and the dirty tricks to detain them further. Are they (those in power) that if these soldiers are released before the May election, the administration’s party will topple down and so will the demi-gods? Another case in point is that the enlisted personnel should be released already. More than a year had passed and there are still no charges against them and yet they are also incarcerated in Camp Capinpin. What is their sin? They remain silent because they are afraid that if they complain, they might be charged. For whatever charges, only they (Esperon and his people) know. Putting the lives of these soldiers in their hands is very dangerous…. extremely dangerous.
Sorry.. I mean, “Are they AFRAID(those in power) that if these soldiers are released before the May election, the administration’s party will topple down and so will the demi-gods?”
The Holy Week was very meaningul for all of us despite all the difficulties we encountered. It made us stronger in our belief and conviction, as well as developed closer relationships with the rest of the families of the detained soldiers.
Our heads may be bloody but unbowed. The administration failed to break our hearts and spirits as we continue to fight what is right and just.
Thanks, Invictus, for taking time out to blog. I used your comment here in my feature article today. http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=1100 .
You and the filipino people are up against a group of heartless, power hungry, and insecure individuals.
But I believe that righteousness will triumph in the end. Hold on. We are praying for you.
the entire armed forces under the stewardship of cheat-of-staff esperon has gone to an advanced stage of decay that no amount of cosmetics can conceal its rotting foundation. not even the lies of his fake commander-in-thief.
Ellen:
That happened when the Scout Rangers were brought to Tanay.
Mrivera:
Motto of PMA Cl 74 is ‘Makatarungan’
A total contradiction of what its members are doing particularly its nominal head, esperon. Yes, they did not fit to their motto.
Members of PMA 74:
Esperon – csafp
Romero – vice, csafp
– deputy csafp
R.Tolentino – Army chief
H. Tolentino – Airforce chief
Calunsag – Navy Chief
Area Commands:
Cedo – WestMinCom
Obaniana- EastMinCom
many more holding equally influencial positions.
Most of the above-named generals spent their careers in airconditioned offices and away from harm.
Esperon was with Marcos PSG. He grew up in intel community. He spent much of his time in NISA while his contemporaries were dying in combat. He got his combat assignment as a comfortable field commander. He served as defense attache abroad–pure comfort. His second wife is a doctor at VLuna hospital.
Romeo Tolentino did not serve in combat. When his elder brother died in an encounter in Jolo, he was given a liaison duty–comfortable indeed. He is fond of combat shooting and accidentally hit his foot. He is an Armor officer. When he was a LtCol, Tolentino fashioned himself as a member of RAM and borrowed P2M from the RAM foundation to put up a business in Laguna. He did not pay his dues. He just claimed that his business bungled. He never have any significant accomplishment in combat but he delivered much during the last Presidential elections.
Other mentioned officers spent their careers as Comptrollers/Finance/Logistics officers. None can be considered as combat officers which a is must in the AFP.
There are professional generals that deserved and worthy to lead the afp but professionalism, competence and experience are no longer the parameters for such positions. Ingratiation, ass-licking and padrino system have become a norm in the AFP.
Can the accused scout rangers and marines expect military justice with that line-up in the AFP? Negative.
Spy, thanks a lot.
PMA class ’74, makatarungan?!
he he he heeeeh! ngiyaw! ungaaaaaaaaa!!!!
‘langya. nakakahiya nga. ang layo sa kanilang isinisigaw noong mga kabute, este kadete pa sila sa philippine mental, nakupo, military (pala) academy.
these fellows are really blessed since none of them actually faced and experienced actual combat in the outskirts of mindanao, the center of cessation in 1970’s during the time of their commissionship. but, oh my, they are all fielded in juicy positions in the armed forces and police service. at tama ka spy, ni hindi nakaamoy ng pulbura ng kalaban ang karamihan sa kanila, lalo na itong si tolentino na nagpakinis ng husto sa loob ng 1st infantry division headquarters sa busbus, jolo, sulu. dati siyang member ng shooting team and that was his most worthwhile assignment aside from being the commanding officer of the 1st supply coy, tapos ngayon ang patakaran niya ay “walang tinatawag na demokrasya sa loob ng hubong sandatahan”, pero sa totoo lang, takusa ‘yan, kahit itanong mo sa kanyang kumander sa loob ng bahay.
spy,
narito ang umiiral ngayong requirements para sa promotion sa armed forces and police service:
– tiyo position
– sipsipficiency
– put performance
never mind the time-in-grade requirement, already obsolete and does not give any weight. aamagin ka kung wala kang kahit isa doon sa tatlong nauna. he he he.
By the way, the accused scout rangers and marines in Tanay are not Magdalos. They were branded by the intel community as the Para sa Bayan group.
What an apt description: Para sa bayan.
For Arroyo, Esperon and the rest of the gang: Para sa sarili.
mas akma at tugma, para sa bulsa.
Ellen,
I love the first-hand input from the wives of these brave men of the AFP now in incarceration. They should be encouraged to blog here, and let us know the truth, and then, we stand by their testimonies. Patibayin natin ang mga loob nila.
In fact, they should learn from the women of Israel who are defying their government’s order to wipe out the Palestinians. At least, over there they have recognized the incredible things women can do, even stop some madness that can even cause the prophesied end of this world in the not so distant future.
MABUHAY ANG MGA MRS. NG MGA SUNDALONG HINDI KANIN AT WALANG LABAS ANG TUMBONG!!!
Mrivera:
PMA class 74 motto is ‘Marangal’ not ‘Makatarungan’. My mistake. Just the same, they did not live up to their motto.
spy,
tama sana kung walang “r” para mas bagay sa kanilang mga kapalpakan!
The panel being created by Assperon is not just a Kangaroo court, it is a Kangkong court! I am praying so hard that the brilliant lawyers of these brave soldiers will keep the AFP from convening this Tiyanak and Assperon court. Judging from the most recent hearing in Tanay, the “prosecutors” do not even know the cases they were citing and they do not even know the importance of correspondence. The documents they do do not wish to share with the soldiers’ lawyers are called “strictly confidential” and are therefore internally circulated to themselves only. Mga ampaw talaga! How can the soldiers defend themselves from these cheats( acting like their cheating and lying masters)without any bases?
PMA class 74 stands for Makatarungan? What an irony! To think that almost all the above mentioned “officers” in this class were not combat exposed, they do not even deserve commanding the incarcerated battle tested officers! The incarcerated officers must be amused by these non-deserving officers! They may be succesfull in putting the honorable men behind bars but they have underestimated their strong spirits! These men may be behind bars but they are revered by their peers. Whereas, the corrupt officers may be in command but their spirits are imprisoned in their own dirty world. They can not get the respect from their men. It will just be a matter of time and the truth will come out. These “tuta” generals will be out of their positions one day soon. They should think more of what lies ahead in the future, when all their “guards” are gone. You reap what you sow, IDIOTS!
Marangal or makatarungan, it does not matter! None of these two traits aptly describe the “tuta” generals!
Frank Chavez will file for TRO on the this special genral court martial of the 28 officers before the Supreme Court tomorrow at 11 a.m. Sana naman the SC will act on this.
Ellen, I hope Frank’s vigilance will pay off. People like you and him are invaluable!
aaaaah. parasabayan, i shall charge you of the the crime they say is…. because you committed it in a fashion they say was…. but i cannot tell and furnish you the charge sheet and the findings of the pre trial investigating officer because it’s confidential and the civilian observers during the hearing and the witnesses should not know its contents.
only in esperon’s cockroach martial.
Mrivera:
isang insulto dito sa blog ni ellen kung ili-level natin si Germ-o-Gene Espasol sa kasundaluhan na maliwanag naman na security guard sya ng Malacañan.
nelbar,
security guard? ang alam ko bantay aso ni bubuwit itong si espurol.
Very nicely put Magno! I also like the “cockroach court”. Mas madaling tiristirisin! Assperon is no better than a security guard. Maybe the security guard has more honor than he does.
Just read that Honasan will be out on bail. The courts( not the cockroach court of Assperon) are redeeming themselves. Sana naman, the supreme court will vindicate Miranda et al as well. If they do, I will believe in our judiciary system again. For now, I doubt their fairness.