Kimberly Jane T. Tan, GMANews.TV
A former budget officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday accused former Defense chief Angelo Reyes of receiving not less than P50 million as “pabaon” (send-off money) when he retired as military chief of staff in 2001.
“Upon retirement we give some amount to the retiring chief of staff,” bared former Army Col. George Rabusa during the Senate hearing on the controversial plea bargain agreement entered into by former AFP comptroller Maj. General Carlos Garcia and the Office of the Ombudsman.
Other highlights of the hearing:
-Special Prosecutor Wendell said in the light of the Rabusa testimony they may re-open the probe on Garcia.
-“I’m not applying to become a state witness,” Garcia said when asked by Trillanes the possibility of changing his mind and cooperate with the government.
Rabusa said he and then AFP comptroller Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot, his superior, personally brought the money to Reyes at the AFP chief of staff quarters dubbed as the “White House.”