Angelo Reyes died in honor and guilt
February 9, 2011AFP Chief Angelo Reyes’ death was told to be both honorable and full of guilt.
Reyes committed suicide last Tuesday splashing blood on her mother’s grave in a memorial park in Marikina City. It was a question for many why did the former agent of the government chose such.
According to his classmates in the military school and some professors, his death was honorable comparing to a Japanese tradition of self-kill called “hara-kiri.” The ritual suicide is said to be done when someone loses honor and dignity.
They said Reyes killed himself not because he was weak but because his strength gave him courage to pull the trigger.
In a report, his classmates which are members of Philippine Military Academy Class of 1966 likened her to a samurai warrior who would commit suicide rather than face humiliation.
Reyes was allegedly one of the AFP officials who benefited from the “pabaon” or send-off money receiving P50 million pesos according to the stated testimonies of former military budget officer George Rabusa. Also, his wife received shopping money from the AFP funds.
Moreover, his friends don’t believe about the allegations to Reyes and they said he is an honorable man who sacrificed a lot for the country.
On the other hand, several of his mistahs in the PMA, believed that he was judged guilty of corruption without a trial. Reyes having gunshot his self on the chest, appears he was being judged guilty even before he was tried in the court.
According to Retired Col. Manuel Espejo, PMA Class of 1966 president, the way questions are asked by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, the way media writes the stories are suggesting that he is guilty but he is innocent unless proven by the court.
The death of Reyes was hoped by many that it should have somehow change the system of corruption in the government and would bring out respect to the prosecutors in giving the deserved human rights to the one who was tried.
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Sen. Trillanes vs Reyes: It’s payback time
February 5, 2011What goes around, comes around.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV finally got back at his former superior, grilling him over complaints of massive corruption in the military, which precipitated the Oakwood uprising of 2003.
A former mutineer, Trillanes blew his top over repeated complaints by former Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes that his name was being damaged by allegations that he pocketed at least P150 million during his stint as military chief of staff.
“If you are so concerned about your name, you should have fixed yourself while you were in office!” an angry Trillanes thundered in the middle of the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing Thursday.
“This is the time of reckoning. You better find very good lawyers.”
The confrontation was unusual for graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), whose respect for seniority endures even way beyond their careers in the armed services.
Trillanes, who led the takeover by rebel soldiers of the Oakwood hotel in Makati City in 2003, was Reyes’ junior at the PMA by more than 20 years.
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