2 ex-military chiefs, 9 others to face plunder
Thursday, January 5, 2012
MANILA (Updated 4 p.m.) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) recommended the filing of plunder charges against two former chiefs of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and nine other individuals for alleged misuse of military funds during the past decade.
They are former AFP chiefs Diomedio Villanueva and Roy Cimatu, retired comptrollers Major General Carlos Garcia and Major General Jacinto Ligot, Brigadier General Antonio De Leon, Colonel Tomas Donato and Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ernesto Paranis.
Also included in the recommendation sheet are Generoso del Castillo, Divina Cabrera, Retired Major General Hilario Atendido, and Colonel Roy Devesa.
In a press conference, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the recommendations will be forwarded to the Office of the Ombudsman, who will weigh on their findings.
“It may adopt, modify or reverse (the recommendations). It’s up to the Ombudsman to decide or determine whether there is need for another preliminary investigation,” she said on Thursday.
The case stemmed from the allegations of whistleblower ex-Lieutenant Colonel George Rabusa, a former military budget officer who told a congressional investigation early last year about the massive financial anomaly in the agency.
Rabusa said several high-ranking military officials are liable for misuse and conversion of some P2.3 billion in military funds from 2000 to 2005.
The retired generals were also accused of living lavishly off funds siphoned from the military.
Exempted from the recommendations, meanwhile, are retired Lieutenant General Gaudencio Pangilinan, retired Major General Epineto Logico, Captain Kenneth Paglinawan, ex-AFP chief Efren Abu, Colonel Gilbert Gapay, Major Emerson Angulo and retired Major General Ernesto Boac.
Completing the list are Colonel Robert Arevalo, Arturo Besana, Crisanto Gabriel and Manuel Warren, who are not recommended to be charged for plunder for lack of evidence.
Prosecutor General ClaroArellano heads the three-member panel that investigated the alleged funds misuse.(Virgil Lopez/Sunnex)
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2012/01/05/2-ex-military-chiefs-9-others-face-plunder-198970
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