Upon hearing the news of his suicide, my jaw dropped with a raised eye brow wondering why a former top and multi-degreed soldier took his own life. Soldiers are supposed to be tough and strong and only die in the battlefield defending the country but Gen. Reyes faded away before his Mom’s grave.
No one knows yet the truth about the multi-million scam and other military corruption issues or what was in the mind of Reyes before squeezing his trigger.
But he was accused.
Personally, Gen. Reyes, despite his government service and positions he held, did not love the Philippines. If he loved his country, as a former Chief of Staff, he should have helped Congress in its quest to find the truth about military anomalies by telling what he knows which could be crucial in the investigation.
He said that he can no longer handle the smear campaign against himself and his family. If alive, he has all the opportunity to clear his family's name and his. I condole with his family but his death closing part of the story tickles one to have wild speculations on why he preferred to “leave” than to talk.
Probably, Reyes wanted to be in a better off position but does anyone think that he is better off now?
Reyes is just a tip of the iceberg as we continue to read military corruption issues. Not only those who were in the service are accused but their family members as well, i. e. wife.
Pres. Aquino said that he is not surprised with the corruption in the military.
Retired soldiers say that monkey business in the military has been there for a long time.
I knew that the Armed Forces of the Philippines was corrupted by Marcos but I also thought that after the EDSA-I Revolution, the military was disciplined.
I was wrong.
Now it is up to us to believe or not what the military says. Not all Filipinos though are stupid to buy right away what they say without reading first what is in between their lines.
Incidents like these could be so-called isolated issues but what if there was no Rabusa who opened the can of worms?
In the end, Sen. Trillanes and his cohorts were right in the past when disgusted by their superiors.
Corruption in the military is real. You better believe it.
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Photo Credit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_Angelo_Reyes.jpg
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Photo Credit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_Angelo_Reyes.jpg
"Reyes wanted to be in a better off position but does anyone think that he is better off now?"
ReplyDeleteA question that no one can answer. It should not have come to this if he had the fear of God.
Before anything else, Angelo Reyes needs our prayers, badly. Prayers likewise that the bereaved he left behind be comforted.
"He did not love his country". First anyone in this position should seek peace with his conscience first. If he is the one who fears God, then confess to the Lord first. That is, if he realizes he had done things seriously wrong and wants to turn a new leaf (it is never too late for anything in this world, what we should be concerned for is the afterlife). Then ask forgiveness from his family, the nation, and all those he let down. Testify in Congress, and later on accept any consequences that is meted out in this temporal life. Make amends. Admit, rectify, and spend the rest of his life making peace with his Creator. This should be the easier course to take (and the only right one too), but maybe that's just me. All the problems that this country has is rooted in morality. All those corruption issues popping up all at the same time. It seems no one has a concept of right and wrong anymore. Sigh.
For the corruption issues popping out WillyJ, I am not sure if it is fair to say that under this administration, "kapres", "malignos" and "buayas" started to appear and hopefully be exorcised not later but sooner. I am sure that a lot of "garapata" and "uod" under the beautiful carpet of the past regime will still be discovered.
ReplyDeleteGen. Reyes is now a history and we wish him well in meeting his Maker.
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