Philippine Boondoggle
It is hard to tell these days where the government of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo stands on the war on terror.
After withdrawing Philippine troops in Iraq to comply with terrorist demands, the Arroyo government has been in a tailspin seeking to cement stronger relations with Islamic countries. Now, we learn thru Michelle Malkin that former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Major General Carlos Garcia is suspected of skimming his own people’s tax money and possibly abusing U.S. anti-terrorism aid funds. The good general has been suspended:
Follow Michelle Malkin as she continues to break this story.
Philippine Boondoggle—It’s Getting Deeper For General Garcia
I’ve just heard back from my congressional representative; this is what is known about the case against Major General Carlos Garcia at this time:
Major General Carlos Garcia has been accused of embezzling between $700,000 and $1 million during his …
Just followed up with a congressional representative who vows to follow up on this and get back in touch within 2 weeks. The wheels of progress turned slowly sometimes.
Maj Gen Garcia shld go behind the bar! Freeze all his assets! It’s about time the Phil Gov’t weed out the corrupt military officials. Enough is enough!
I’ll post some follow-up from congress when it becomes available.
Thanks for the comment Dodie.
It’s not a new story to us Filipinos, RE: Corruption in the Armed Forces of The Philippines or any government agencies, it’s an everyday news section to our mainstream media.
What will be a new story to us is: if the culprit will be caught, jailed and let him die in a rotten prison cell… look what happen to Ferdinand Marcos and his family?… surely, they are back to political power. Look what happen to the so called “crime” of the then centennial chairman and then vice president of the Philippines Doy Laurel? He finally closed his eyes without us Filipinos find the truth! So whal else is new about Gen. Garcia? In a matter of days, the issue against him will die a natural death… not unless you Americans help us find the truth about his alleged properties in your country.