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Statement from Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, Brig. Gen. Danny Lim and the rest of the 28 officers detained in Camp Capinpin on Dolorfino’s statement that he does not think the bribery issue would be a source of grumbling among soldiers:

“Speak for yourself, you sycophant general. It hardly affects you because you have got it so good enjoying all the perquisites dispensed by an illegitimate leadership bereft of moral scruples which perpetuates itself through bribery and corrupting others.

“You’ve got it made. All for your blind loyalty and myopic sense of professionalism. If pervasive corruption and the strak truth don’t bother you, the soldiers are deeply affected by them.

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by Victor Reyes

Military officers detained for a supposed power grab attempt in February last year have called Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. a “liar” for saying they kept secret a video tape recording in which they announced withdrawal of support from President Arroyo.

Esperon raised the issue of the videotape Friday in response to the officers’ challenge for him to tell the truth on allegations that he and other military officers helped rig the 2004 elections to ensure President Arroyo’s victory.

Update:

Esperon unremorseful of his illegal detention of 40 soldiers:On Thursday, Armed Forces Chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. indicated that the fate of the 40 enlisted men would depend on the outcome of the case against the 28 officers.

“Do you discharge the enlisted personnel when the officers have not yet even been arraigned? A good timing would be to arraign the officers first and decide what punishment would be fit for the offenses committed by the enlisted personnel, because they were simply led to doing it by some officers,” Esperon told reporters. click here for full story

Sen. Jamby Madrigal attended today’s court martial hearing and took a look at the detention facility. She was allowed only up to reception area of the conjugal quarters.

Tell truth on rigging of 2004 elections’
by Victor Reyes

Military officers linked to last year’s supposed power grab attempt dared AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. to “tell the truth” about allegations that the military helped rig the May 2004 polls to ensure President Arroyo’s victory.

by JP Lopez

Former Marines commandant Maj. Gen. Romeo Miranda is “seriously ill” and has to be confined at the AFP Medical Center in Quezon City for about a week, Sen. Rodolfo Biazon said today.

Miranda, who is among 28 Army and Marines officers detained in Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal for alleged involvement in last year’s failed power grab attempt, was brought to the hospital Thursday morning for a checkup, said Biazon, chairman of the committee and national defense who is set to visit the officers in the camp on Monday.

“Instead of only three days of executive examination, the authorities in V. Luna told me (yesterday morning) that it may require more than three days… meaning baka meron ngang indication na kailangan tingnang mabuti,” Biazon told reporters.

Update: Brig. Gen. Renato Miranda was brought to V. Luna Hospital in Quezon City this afternoon (Thurs, Oct. 4) for general check up.

Sen. Rodolfo Biazon will visit the detainees in Tanay on Monday.

by Victor Reyes

Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has approved an “annual physical examination” for former Marines commandant Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, an alleged leader of the last year’s failed power grab, a military spokesman said yesterday.

The approval was given last Monday, the same day Esperon said Miranda was not entitled to an “executive checkup” because he is a “destabilizer.”