The Senate probe into the Carlos Garcia case is getting interesting every single minute. Apart from the former AFP comptroller, other personalities have been exposed.
Former general Ligot, who also worked as a comptroller, was called, together with former AFP Chief of Staff Angelo Reyes.
According to the testimony of former Colonel Rabonsa, who acted as a budget officer during the term of Reyes, Rabonsa and his boss, Ligot, prepared something for then C-S Reyes, to the tune of 40 million pesos.
Senate president Juan Ponce-Enrile described this as the AFP Boy's Club "slush fund". This fund is collected from the budgets of service units, or from savings of the organisation.
Rabonza said that every month, they visit the "white house", the traditional mansion given to the Chief of Staff, as his quarters.
There, Rabonza narrated how he, together with Ligot, brought money to Reyes. Reyes, in turn, accepted these.
When Reyes retired, the AFP gave the outgoing C-S a gift to the tune of 40 million pesos. Wow.
Enrile said that this has become a tradition at the AFP. High ranking military officials receive a monthly take from the slush fund.
Illegal and immoral? Oh yes. Imagine those patriotic soldiers in the field, without proper uniforms and without boots, while their generals pig themselves out in the white house.
I remember one rumour which circulated during the post EDSA dos. The rumour say that the reason why Erap was ousted from power was his intention to deeply investigate Fidel Valdez Ramos and his associates about the alleged anomalous deals that Ramos' entered during his incumbency.
Now that the new administration is really hell bent on knowing the truth behind the Carlos Garcia case, will the malevolent gang of AFP high ranking misfits plan another destab?
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