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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