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Category: Feb ’06
Maj. Gen. John Martir, whose two -star rank remains unconfirmed by the Commission on Appointments, finally showed up at last Friday’s court martial hearing of the mutiny case against 28 officers in connection with something that did not happen in February 2006.
This was the time when the people, including men in uniform, were restive about the revelations of massive cheating in the 2004 elections in favor of Gloria Arroyo using military and police officers and personnel.
It was the start of his cross examination which should have been last May 26 but Martir was a no-show giving the excuse that he was on a “confidential mission.”
Got this image is from Dennis Garcia’s Facebook wall
No doubt about it. The abominable House Resolution 1109 that trampled on the basic law of the land was passed by the House of Representatives because Gloria Arroyo ordered it.
Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo noticed towards midnight last Tuesday, when the voting was about to take place that administration congressmen were marching into the plenary hall.
Ocampo said those congressmen couldn’t be made to return to the Batasan at that late hour by House Speaker Prospero Nograles. “It had to be an order by Gloria Arroyo,” Ocampo said.
Update: Sen. Rodolfo Biazon warns of restiveness among soldiers. AFP Spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner: The AFP will remain non-political and professional. It will not…
Update:
Looks like Maj. Gen. John Martir’s luck has been stalled. A reliable source said the Board of Generals recommended Maj. Gen. Juancho Sabban as Marine commandant.
Martir, the source said, was given the choice of a Sulu assignment. He chose to be where he is now.
Maj. Gen. John Martir was a no-show yesterday at the court martial hearing of the 28 officers accused of allegedly committing mutiny on February 2006.
Yesterday’s hearing was supposed to be the start of the cross examination of Martir by the defense lawyers.
ANC viewers watching the interview of Metropolitan Trial Court Judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo by Willard Cheng aired live on the lunchtime news “Dateline” Wednesday last week were puzzled why it was abruptly cut.
It was the part when Lorredo was warning about the return of martial law. Lorredo, by the way, is the judge that stirred public attention with his unusual May 4 order for the arraignment of Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada on the perjury case filed by Mike Defensor, former presidential chief of staff.
I asked a friend close to Lorredo and she shared with me Lorredo’s ruminations about the topic that is being mentioned when talking about the direction of the Arroyo administration but is not quite taken seriously because people can’t seem to imagine the depth of her obsession to stay in power.
Breaktime, May 5, 2009 hearing
Update: The hearing for May 19 has been reset to May 26.
I never harbored the illusion that the 28 officers accused of mutiny in connection with something that did not happen in February 2006 will get justice as long as Gloria Arroyo is in power.
That view is becoming a disturbing concern by the decisions of the panel presiding in the court martial led by Maj. Gen. Jogy Fojas.
On Tuesday, the defense lawyers will start the cross-examination of Maj. Gen. John Martir.
Early this morning, with the permission of AFP Chief Victor Ibrado, Col. Ariel Querubin traveled to La Union to register as a voter in preparation…
Maj. Gen. John Martir’s appearance at the court martial hearing last Tuesday of the mutiny case against 28 officers led by Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda and Brig. Gen. Danny Lim was enlivened by side incidents. Otherwise, it was boooring.
Before Martir was brought in, the nine accused Marine officers namely Maj. Gen Renato Miranda;Col Ariel Querubin; Col Januario Caringal; Col Orlando de Leon; Col Armand Bañez; Lt.Col Custodio Parcon;.Lt. Col. Achilles Segumallian; Maj Domingo Fernandez; and Lt Belinda Ferrer, the lone military female detainee, positioned themselves in front of the defense lawyers directly opposite the witness who would be sitting near the end of the panel’s table.
In the courtroom at the Daza Park, the accused are seated together enclosed by steel railings in the middle of the room. Some ten feet away from them are members of the panel seated behind a long table in an elevated portion of the room. Between the accused and the panel members are the lawyers seated on opposite sides.
The more General Alexander Yano and Lt. Gen. Cardozo Luna justified their acceptance of ambassadorial assignment in exchange for early retirement from the Armed Forces, the more that they are unmasked as no better than the other amply-rewarded Gloria Arroyo generals.
Until last Friday , Yano and Luna were the two highest officials of the AFP. Yano agreed to cut short his term as AFP chief for 44 days and turned over the reins of the AFP to Gen. Victor Ibrado. Arroyo announced that she has named him ambassador to Brunei.
Luna, who is still due tor retire in September, also agreed for an early retirement and was named ambassador to Netherlands.