Exposed to have overruled the recommendation of the panel that conducted pre-trial investigation on the failed February 2006 coup, AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon wants to know who leaked a copy of the report to media.
“He is furious. He wants everybody investigated,” a Malaya source said.
We got an unsigned copy of the PTI report by Col. Al Perreras, Maj.Erwin Victoriano Machica and Maj. Agustin Matavia last Monday which we posted here.
Gloria Arroyo is the most unpopular and the least trusted of the country’s top five officials.
The latest Pulse Asia Survey showed that almost half (48%) of the Filipinos disapprove of Arroyo’s performance while 50 % distrust her.
Among the country’s top five officials, Arroyo is the only one with negative and plunging approval marks. Vice President Noli de Castro’s net rating rose from 28 in July to 34, that of Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. from 45 to 48, that of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. from 1 to 6, and that of Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban from 5 to 16.
The following article by Raissa Robles is in today’s issue of the Hongkong-based South China Morning Post.
Dozens of Philippines journalists are playing first gentleman Mike Arroyo at his own game, filing a class-action lawsuit against the president’s litigious husband.
University of the Philippines law professor Harry Roque, who prepared the petition, said all but one of the 43 journalists being sued for libel by Mr Arroyo had agreed to sign up to the lawsuit.
The suit claims Mr Arroyo breached their rights under the civil code, and will seek cash damages.
AFP Chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon was asked by Philipppine Daily Inquirer about the unsigned recommendation of the Perreras panel dismissing the charge of mutiny against the 38 officers and recommended court martial only for Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer and Gentleman. His reply: “Whatever it is, it’s still my decision.”
Asked if the JAGO had recommended the dismissal of mutiny charges, Esperon said: “I will not confirm that.”
Sources said the original Oct. 25 findings of the panel headed by Col. Al Perreras was changed upon orders of Esperon.
Sources said the Esperon , upon seeing the original recommendations, expressed his displeasure and “suggested” that the panel take another look at the evidence.
Sinabi ni Pangulong Manuel L. Quezon, “My loyalty to my party ends, where my loyalty to my country begins. (Ang aking katapatan sa aking partido ay nagtatapos kung saan nasisimula ang ang aking katapatan sa aking bayan.)”
Hindi na uso ang ganoong panindigan ngayon. Hindi na iniisip ang partido at bayan. Sariling interes lang.
Tingnan nyo ang nangyari sa Pampanga.
AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon today ordered the court martial of 30 military officers led by Brig. Gen. Renato Miranda for the Mutiny and Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer and Gentleman in connection with the February 24, 2006 alleged planned withdrawal of support from Gloria Arroyo and the Fort Bonifacio standoff on Feb. 26, 2006.
We, however, obtained an unsigned report of the preliminary trial investigation conducted by the factfinding body headed by Col. Al Perreras of Office of the Judge Advocate General (Click here) which showed recommendations that the charge of “attempting to create or begin mutiny” be dismissed and the charge of “Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer and Gentleman) be referred to trial for court-martial.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City 25 October 2006 SUBJECT: Pre-Trial Investigation…
Gloria Arroyo was granted by US President Bush her most ardent desire to have a “one-on-one” meeting with her last Saturday, on the sidelines of the 14th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam.
That’s a big deal for Arroyo because the schedule released by the White House of Bush’s Vietnam trip did not mention any meeting with her.
The White House mentioned the Nov. 17 luncheon meeting with Australian Prime Minister John Howard; Nov. 18 morning meeting with South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun and luncheon meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan; and Nov. 19 meetings with President Hu Jintao of China and President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Bukas ang pangalawang araw ng preliminary investigation ng Department of Justice sa 49 na taong sangkot kuno sa rebellion laban sa pekeng administrasyon ni Gloria Arroyo.
Kasama doon sa 49 si dating Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan na nahuli noong Miyerkoles sa Green Meadows sa Quezon City.
Pupunta kaya si Gringo sa DOJ bukas?
Alas-10 ang simula ng preliminary investigation. Noong Nov. 13, ng unang araw ng preliminary investigation. Mayroon pang pangatlo, sa susunod na Lunes, Nov. 27.
This article by Raissa Robles, is in today’s (Saturday, November 18, 2006 ) issue of Hongkong-based South China Morning Post.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo insists her government is “committed to freedom of media as the bailiwick of Philippine democracy”.
But her claims have failed to convince critics, one of whom received a death threat the day before Mrs Arroyo replied to concerns raised by the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce.
On Wednesday her government was also condemned for its “abject failure” to investigate extra-judicial killings and prosecute those involved, in a report prepared by the Hong Kong Mission for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines.