Update:
Esperon unremorseful of his illegal detention of 40 soldiers:On Thursday, Armed Forces Chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. indicated that the fate of the 40 enlisted men would depend on the outcome of the case against the 28 officers.
“Do you discharge the enlisted personnel when the officers have not yet even been arraigned? A good timing would be to arraign the officers first and decide what punishment would be fit for the offenses committed by the enlisted personnel, because they were simply led to doing it by some officers,” Esperon told reporters. click here for full story
I’m glad that the existence of the 40 soldiers in the detention center in Camp Capinpin has been exposed. I knew about this for a long time but I was asked not to write about it by the members of the family of the soldiers because they said they were told that the salaries of the soldiers would be cut off if it’s exposed in media.
I couldn’t bear it in my conscience to have the 40 families going hungry so I gave in to their request and prayed that some day, God will find a way to bring out the truth.
I was told that AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon and his cohorts are pressuring these soldiers to testify against Brig. Gen. Danny Lim and the other officers.The problem is, these soldiers really know nothing.
If you notice, in my entry of “A few good men” the names of the 40 soldiers are there. I’ll post it again here.
40 soldiers secretly detained in Tanay?
By Jaime Laude
Philippine Star
Forty Army soldiers accused of involvement in the failed Feb. 24, 2006 coup have been secretly detained in a military stockade in Tanay, Rizal without charges for more than a year now.
The discovery was made by Sen. Rodolfo Biazon, a retired Armed Forces chief, when he visited 28 detained military officers on Monday to check on the physical and health conditions of former Marine commandant Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, who was reportedly seriously ill.
Army spokesman Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres said the 40 soldiers were detained upon recommendation of the Army inspector general, pending the filing of appropriate cases against them.
Majority of the soldiers were taken to Tanay on July 24 last year, while the rest were brought there on August 1 and in October last year, he added.
The soldiers, who belong to the Army Special Forces and Scout Rangers, were arrested and detained for alleged unauthorized movement to Manila on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the EDSA I People Power uprising.
A court martial is yet to be convened to try the detained soldiers as the Army Judge Advocate General’s Office (JAGO) is still studying whether to file administrative or criminal cases against the soldiers.
The 40 enlisted men:
Ssgt Reynaldo A. Bala, Ssgt Marciano R. Seraspi III, Ssgt. Alexander G. Verzon,Ssgt Ronnie S. Dizon, Ssgt Rodelio M. Tuazon, Sgt Orlando A. Valencia, Ssgt Nelson V. Alquiza, Sgt Arthur I. Arienda, Sgt. Pastor de Guzman,Sgt Benito S. Baggay, SgtJose T. Famularcano Jr., Sgt Juanito B. Tercero Jr., Sgt Richard B. Javier;
Cpl Reynaldo C. Pacete, Cpl Medel A. Calda, Cpl Dennis F. Marzan, Cpl Walter A Francisco, Cpl Ramon P Perania Jr., Cpl Jorlie V. Espejo, Cpl Zaldy A. Cabico,Cpl Nicomendes P. Fernandez,Cpl Giovanni B. Bonagua;
Pfc Celso P. Castromayor, Pfc Arvin R. Daligdig, Pfc Pinley L. Amarante, Pfc Jerry V. Avila, Pfc Winston M Tingabagab, Pfc Arleen S Garcia, Pfc Rommel S. Puma, Pfc Isidro R. Areja, Pfc Emmanuel M. Derilo;
Pfc Dylan F. Monton, Pfc Robert B. Palaruan, Pfc Kernell F. Pahimnayan, Pfc Aristotle D. Lucena, Pfc Larry A. Quinto, Pfc Leon O. Ones Jr.
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Ellen,
The enlisted men have not been charged. The lawyers are aware of this but have not filed petitions for habeas corpus. This is because any legal action that will bring light to their cases will force the hand of JAGO into filing charges against them. If or when that happens, forty soldiers and their families will go hungry. Unlike officers whose salaries are not cut off while undergoing court martial, the opposite is true for enlisted men. Once they are served charges, no more pay.
If I read it correctly, the lawyers are waiting out the prescription period which ends in February, for any lesser charge. Then a petition can be filed, even if they are subsequently charged with mutiny because other offenses cannot be compounded.
grabe na talaga… sobranginhustisya na sa atin. Nakakaawa ang mga sundalong wala namng kasalanan at pinapahirapapan… talagang justifiable king magrebelde ang mga sundalo dahil ang mga nasa may kapangyarihan ang mga tiwali. Dapat sa mga mang-aabuso na to ay parusahan. Kulang pa siguro ang tadtarin sila ng pinung-pino upang kabayaran sa kanilang mga kasalanan. Sana unahin ang gagang si gloria.
Klingon, oh so that’s why when I told one of the lawyers that I wanted to write about the plight of the enlisted men, he replied, “pag-usapan muna natin yan”. We never got to talk about it again because of so many issues that we had to deal with.
Re: “Unlike officers whose salaries are not cut off while undergoing court martial, the opposite is true for enlisted men. Once they are served charges, no more pay.”
That’s right!
Ellen, how lucky we all are that you are continuously supporting these good officers and the honourable ordinary soldiers! Thank you very much!
It is infinitely wrong to incarcerate these soldiers for one year their plight unknown, their families starving, without any legal charges against them.
This is a brazen violation of their human rights Ellen! Esperon has no right to wear those stars and to call himself general. No general in any civilized army in the world will do that to his troops.
Kawawa talaga itong mga enlisted men kasi mahirap lang talaga ang mga ito. Many of them have not seen their families for more than a year since their incarceration because they have no money for fare and they have no place to stay in Tanay.
One of the wives, who was pregnant, rented a room in a house outside the camp to be able to visit her husband frequently. One time on her way out, there was no available vehicle to hitch a ride on, she walked.it’s quite a distance from the detention quarters to the gate. It’s no less than five kilometers.
It was a good thing she was already nearing the gate when she delivered her baby.
nakakakilabot naman itong revelation na ito. now that sen biazon knows the situation of these poor secretly detained enlisted men, what is he going to do?
ano ba talagang katarantaduhan na iyan ni esperon? wala na bang may b_y_g na papatay diyan? hindi na talaga makatao ah!
Pati pala sa sa military may enforced disappearance and illegal detention. Aber sige nga, ngayon niyo sabihin sa taong bayan kung hindi kayo ang pasimuno sa mga extra-judicial killings and abductions. If the military can do this to their own men, what more with the ordinary Filipinos?
Ano ba ito?! Pati ba naman mga enlisted men na walang alam ay hindi mabigyan kahit na konting pang-unawa ng konyong Mister Asspweron!
Dasal ko lang na ngayong binisto na ni Senator Biazon ay makagawa siya ng paraan na palayain ang 40 enlisted men. Nakakadugo ng puso ang kalagayan nilang lahat pati ng mga mahal sa buhay.
Sana ay hindi tigilan ng media ang follow up stories tungkol sa kanila.
Si Ellen ay tiyak na hindi ito titigilan, sana ganun din iyong ibang journalists, tutukan ang kaso ng lahat ng “few good men”
So what do Filipinos do about this injustice, Ellen? Golly, ang tactic ng mga ungas. Gutumin ang mga sundalo kung hindi sila magko-cooperate kay GLORC at Assperon? Ganoon ba? Wow, what an injustice! Diyos mahabagin, tapusin na po ninyo ang paghihirap ng bayan Pilipinas!
Hindi kaya dahil nabisto na ay putulin na ni Mister Ass ang sweldo ng mga enlisted men na ito kahit walang charges laban sa kanila? Kahit hindi ito ayon sa batas ay pwedeng gawin iyan ni Asspweron dahil wala silang batas.
Can these soldiers sue Esperon? Isa isa nang lumalabas ang katotohanan..
Rose;
Sue Esperon for what? Ang gagawin lang ng depensa ni Esperon sa mga sundalong ito ay they are detained for disobeying an order.
May kasalanan din ang mga mamayang Pilipino sa mga nagyayaring ito,dahil hinayaan nilang manaig ang kademoyohan ng mga namumuno sa atin.Kahit dinaya na sila sa mga nakaraang election ay hindi sila nagprotesta,kahit binababoy na sila ay hindi sila lumalaban,ang mga nahalal naman nating mga senador at kongressman ay mga walang boses,hindi nila kayang ipaglaban ang karapatan ng ating mamamayan,karamihan sa kanila ay sumasama na lang sa agos kung ano ang ipinag-utos ng malakanyang sa kanila dahil takot silang hindi malagyan ng laman ang kanilang bulsa.
Iisa lang ang paraan na nakikita ko para malinis at maalis ang kademonyohang ito sa ating gobyerno ay ang patayin ang lahat ng senador kongressman at ang lahat ng kurakot sa gobyerno.Palagay ko ay nagsawa na rin ang Diyos na gabayan ang mga ito sa tamang paraan kasi saka lang sila nagsisisi kapag nahuli sa katiwilaan at saka lang sila nagdadasal sa Diyos na hindi nagsisisi kundi ganito ang dindasal nila”Diyos ko tulungan mo po akong maabswelto sa kaso ko”.
Kaya makikita mo silang lahat sa simbahan kapag lingo dahil marami silang kasalanan.Iyong mga hindi nagsisimba na emplyado ng gobyerno ay wala o kakaunti pa lang ang kasalanan,kapag mahuli sila, may parosary at paluhod pa iyang papunta sa altar simula sa pintuan.Kaya sabi ng Diyos “Bakit ako maniniwala sa inyo,puro FAKE kayong lahat”.Naghahanap na mga ng panibagong NOAH ang Panginoon para palitan na ang lahing Pilipino para naman may pagbabago ang susunod na henerasyon.
Kung wala nang remedyo ang gobyerno at ang sistema sa lupunan e bugok, at ang nagtatamasa lang ng asenso e yung mga nasa poder at yung mga sumisipsip sa poder, siguro panahon nang kahit minsan lang sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas e, dumanak ang dugo para linisin ang lipunan…
lahat nang maunlad na bansa dumaan dito…
wag nang umasa sa mga elitista dahil wala namang ginawa yang mga yan kundi traydurin ang bayan sa lahat ng mga rebolusyon ng mga Filipino at isulong lamang ang sariling kapakanan… Basahin ang kasaysayan… it is always the elites who f#cked up the revolution of the Filipinos… since then up to the most recent…
the soldiers detained should file suits against people. bahala na kung manalo or hinde, just keep on filing and just keep the cases coming. that way, people like esperon will be compelled to prove his worth and abide by the rules. lest he’d want to be shamed in the media. this esperon is a prestige hungry freak, he deserves all the shame he could get.
Cocoy,
“May kasalanan din ang mga mamayang Pilipino sa mga nagyayaring ito,dahil hinayaan nilang manaig ang kademoyohan ng mga namumuno sa atin.”
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Agree! Malaking kasalanan ang kapabayaan ng pinoy, Cocoy.
Rose: Can these soldiers sue Esperon? Isa isa nang lumalabas ang katotohanan..
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Mali iyong mentality, Rose, na kapag nakaupo at dahil sundalo,hindi puedeng hulihin dahil iyon ang patakaran ng military. I think it is bullshit! Kaya may batas ay para tumino ang lahat, including those in the military dahil ang totoo ay tao din sila, and should be subject to the laws of the land and in all progressive countries, a crime is a crime and a criminal has to be made legally responsible for it, meaning, puedeng dakpin, imbestigahan, i-indict at litisin sa isang korteng matino at parusahan kung kinakailangan.
Tama iyong mga Magdalo soldiers na lumapit doon sa kriminal sa Malacanang pero hindi pinansin na ipatawag ang ungas even though everybody knows walang gagawin ang ungas kundi magsinungaling, pumayag o hindi man siyang humarap sa korte.
I don’t know why they have not thought of antidotes to laws that are likely to have loopholes that they have in the Philippines that they cannot prosecute a criminal just because she has managed to get to where she is now, and have all her protectors in agencies responsible for prosecuting and putting criminals like her in jail.
Ang kailangan lang naman sa totoo lang ay mga concerned and conscientious lawyers who will have the guts to try to have the creep and her minions prosecuted by taking the pains of researching for existing laws and precedents even in the US perhaps since anyway Philippines laws are basically based on US laws.
OK iyong initiative na ginagawa halimbawa nina Atty. Roque and now this Atty. Avisado. God bless you people!
Doon sa tanong kung puedeng i-convict si GLORC? Bakit hindi kung totoo namang gumagawa siya ng kalokohan?
Palagay ko naman may mga unwritten laws ang Pilipinas na puedeng gamitin kung nakalimutan ng mga gumawa ng batas after 1986 na puedeng hulihin ang kahit na sinong gagawa ng krimen, including the president of the Philippines, kung may valid ground/suspicion dahil hindi naman siya/sila supposedly to be above the law!!!
Over where I am based, there are unwritten laws that can be basis for such action in case the lawmakers have neglected to set things right with some laws that they should have passed and implemented. Ang main objective is to prevent people from abusing and going above the law.
Ang hindi ko maintindihan ay kung bakit nangyayari ito, una sa lahat ay yung nasa militar ang unang dapat makaalam nito, nasaan yung Guardians ni Gringo, yung mga abogado ng mga sundalong ito, hindi ko kayo maintindihan,, yung mga pamilya nila natatakot mamatay sa gutom, yung mga sundalong sumama sa kudeta na yan ay matagal ng patay, ano pa ang papatayin sa kanila, ng sumama sila sa kudeta alam nilang kamatayan ang nakaamba sa kanila at kung mamatay nga sila hindi rin makakakuha ng salapi ang pamilya nila dahil sila ay mga mutineer, bakit gusto pa nilang magtiis sa kulungan kaysa magtamo ng katarungan,,, teka isip…. ahhh… naghihintay sila na magpalit ng gobyerno…… hindi mangyayari yan , dahil nakakulong kayo,,, sino ang mangunguna,,,, gawin nyo ang lahat ng paraan para makalabas kayo diyan , upang maparusahan ang mga dapat na magdusa na mga kampon ni glueria…..
Nasaan yung RAM bakit ang tahimik nila, nawala na yung mga ipinangangalandakan nilang pagbabago sa militar, mga RAM, heto 40 nakakulong na sundalo, ano ang ginawa nyong hakbang dito,,,,, Susmaryopes….
cocoy:
Ang isa sa mga agenda ng mga doktor of pulpol economics na tulad ni Gloria Arroyo ay mangutang ng mangutang, at bahala na ang future generation na magbayad nito.
Tutal naman ang simbahan katoliko ay walang pakialam sa pagdami ng mga Filipino, at pabor pa nga ito sa paglobo ng populasyon.
Kaya dito pa lang ay makikita mo na gusto talagang makipag sabayan ng Pilipinas sa larangan ng populasyon kung ihahambing mo sa India, Indonesia, Pakistan, China, Brazil at Bangladesh.
Gustong palaganapin ng Pilipinas ang Christian Ethics sa pamamagitan ng Pinoy Ideology.
Hoy! Gringo Hudasan gising!
‘yan ang isang disparity sa military service na para bang ang turing sa mga opisyal ay diyos na hindi dapat pabayaan at ang mga enlisted personnel ay umaasa sa kanilang awa at pagpapasya gayung ang anumang pakinabang na nakukuha ng isang opisyal ay hindi batay sa kung ano ang tunay niyang nagawa kundi ang naging pagsasakatuparan ng karaniwang kawal sa kanyang tungkulin.
panahon na para baguhin ang kalakarang ito!
ano’ng palagay nila sa pamilya ng mga enlistedmen, puwedeng magpalaman sa tiyan ng BATO?
MISSING IN ACTION, if there is one group that had been unusually quiet and seems to be condoning all the illegal acts of this illegitimate government, it is the Bishops. How I wish Cardinal Sin would have been still alive today. The Disappearances-Jonas Burgos et al, the ZTE Deal, The Cyber Ed, the Arbitrary Detention of these few Good Men, the Fertilizer Scam, THE GARCI SCANDAL- which every Tom Dick and Harry knew that there was cheating during the election in 2004. What I could not just imagine is why the Bishops are hesitant to condemn this, a defeaning silence. Cardinal Sin rise up and hear the silence of your brothers, please let them open their minds, open their mouths and open their hearts for the victims of this illegal government. Please pray for them in heaven, and please pray that this country will be free of cheats.
“nasaan yung Guardians ni Gringo”
conqueror,
si gringo ay hindi ang buong GUARDIANS. maraming factions ‘yan. at isa lamang ang PGBI ni gringo na ngayon ay nagagamit ng mga hudas sa malakanyang!
Conqueror46, hindi sumama sa kudeta ang 40 na yan at walang kudeta na nangyari.
Blackdiamond,
Talagang missing in action na ang mga iyan. They are paving the way for something because they are the prelude.
Buhay pa si Cardinal Sin nung magumpisa ang gulo sa Pilipinas sa ilalim ng pekeng pangulo. Hindi rin siya nagsalita at hindi kumontra.
Naalala ko yung sinabi niya minsan sa taong 2001 lang:
“Wala akong pakialam kung tumanggap man ako ng pera mula sa demonyo basta gamitin ko sa kabutihan.” Anong klaseng prinsipyo yan?
“Mga walang pinag-aralan, mga mababaho.” Kakatapos lang yata ng rally sa EDSA shrine nung ito ay sabihan niya laban sa mga taong sumuporta kay Estrada matapos siyang patalsikin sa pwesto. Pero, may puso daw siya para sa mga mahihirap. Nagalit din siya sa mga mahihirap dahil nadesecrate daw yung Our Lady of EDSA shrine kuno. Pero di siya nagalit at hinayaan niya lang si Rosana Roces na mag P.I ng mag P.I
Isang linggo mula ngayon ang ika-apat na anibersaryo ng desekrasyon ng bantayog ni Gat Jose Rizal noong 2003.
May pondo sa pagpapaganda(kuno) ng kapaligiran at pagtatago ng mga kabahuan sa Metro Manila, pero walang pondo para kalusugan. Na dapat sana ang pondong ginamit para itago ang kapangitan ay inilaan na lang sa PGH.
sorry po, mali ang pagkabasa ko sa itaas, accused involved in failed coup attempt nga pala ang nakasulat… sorry po uli, pero ang hinahanap ko po talaga ay yung mga propaganda movement ng mga kasundaluhan natin, may RAM, may YOU, may Guardians etc, etc.. nasaan na kaya sila, para matulungan itong mga nakakulong na ito….. baka naman hanggang porma lang sila….
It would be interesting to hear Honasan’s view on this big issue. He can’t ignore this.
Naku, Phil, huwag ka nang umasa kay Honasan. Wala siyang paki-alam.
phil, kausapin mo na ang kawali, baka sagutin ka pa, pero si honasan, kahit maglupasay ka, wa ka maririnig.
Conqueror,
Nawala na sa limelight ang RAM. Nag-iinuman na lang yata sila at ang tinutungga ay RAM. Malakas din makatama yun. Kaya iyan, maraming lasing. Di mo naman maaasahan ang isang lasing sa pagkalabit ng gatilyo.
Golberg,
Re: Naalala ko yung sinabi niya minsan sa taong 2001 lang:
“Wala akong pakialam kung tumanggap man ako ng pera mula sa demonyo basta gamitin ko sa kabutihan.” Anong klaseng prinsipyo yan?
“Mga walang pinag-aralan, mga mababaho.”
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Nagdilang demonyo and dating cardinal, ang kanyang sinimulan na pagtanggap at paggamit ng pera galing sa demonyo ay infected ang kanyang mismong simbahan!
Nawala na sila lahat, mukhang tinulugan na rin muna tayo ng Diyos because the Kapinuyan is not using His gift!
…His gift to humanity!
Ellen Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Naku, Phil, huwag ka nang umasa kay Honasan. Wala siyang paki-alam.
—-Ellen, kung hindi mo binanggit si Honasan, kamuntik ko nang nakalimutan na Senador pala uli si Gringo Honasan. Since he was elected again as senator, I have not heard not even a word from him. That’s far from the former Honasan we used to know in the Senate. Noon, masigla at matindi bumanat iyan. Ngayon, kahit sa media ay ayaw magsalita. Dapat tanggalin na ni Enrile ang masking tape sa bunganga ni Gringo.
Pechanco,
“Ellen, kung hindi mo binanggit si Honasan, kamuntik ko nang nakalimutan na Senador pala uli si Gringo Honasan. ”
Sa totoo lang, nabigla ako na senador nga pala si Hudasan!
As I said, Honasan is a far cry from his previous days. Dapat Punasan ni Honasan ang muta niya para makita niya uli ang mga nangyayari sa bansa. Kung tutuusin, marami sa Senado ngayon ay non-performing senators tulad nina Lito Lapid, Bong Revilla at Honasan. So much senate seats are being wasted with those idiots around.
Re: “A court martial is yet to be convened to try the detained soldiers as the Army Judge Advocate General’s Office (JAGO) is still studying whether to file administrative or criminal cases against the soldiers.”
OJAG has lost all moral ground to say the least for convening a court martial to try the case of the ordinary troops.
They should release them.
Funny how people there in the Philippines can still say that they need to accord GLORC some courtesy even when they know for a fact that she has violated not just one but many of prime provisions of the Election Code, huwag na ang Constitution that she and her cahoots trampled upon when they removed a duly elected president? If they are incarcerating innocent soldiers for not just months but years, why can they not just arrest the criminal squatting at the palace by the murky river without a useless impeachment that her own people even have the nerve to make fun of.
Pmabihira! Onli in da Pilipinas. Puro kagaguhan. Pero sila-sila rin ang nalilito ng mga kalokohan nila. Enough of the kid gloves given to the GLORC! Nakakasuka!
my heart is really trembling when i was reading this post…honestly i am scared now what the evil esperon will do to them, he can just charge them and create story like what he is actually doing to the officers….now there will be pressure on esperons part kasi alam na ng taong bayan na he’s literally secretly detaining these enlisted men, he might file a case instead to justify the issue….if that will happen kawawa ang mga taong to, ung iba malapit na mag retire, if ganun bka wala na sila ma tangap na retirement. abot hangang langit ang dasal ko ngayon na sana naman wag mangyari, cguro 30 among 40 ang mga hindi pa nadalaw ng mga families nila for barely 2yrs… i always wanted to seek help kahit man lang sana sa fare ng mga families. its in my dream though, sana ma materialize na:)
i still have confidence in my heart that God is on our side:) kahit na nahihirapan ako i am so proud i got married to one of the few good men!!!!!
military wife,
Same here, kaya my previous post was a concerned that now it’s in the open, Mister Ass might just cut their salaries.
Let’s pray that the ‘good senators’ will make a firm stand side by side with these “few good men”!
Let’s also pray that media will give more focus on their case to balance whatever is Asspweron’s evil plan about them.
Thanks Ellen for doing a great job, always a great support for our “honorable men and women” in detention.
Thanks God that finally the incarceration of the 40 Scout Ranger Enlisted personnel is now out in the open…
Like Ellen, I really wanted to inform the world that there are people in Tanay who are in prison just because Esperon wants them inside… but I was advised not to mention anything..
The 40 EPs were restricted to Barracks in Fort Bonifacio from Feb to July 2006 before they were incarcerated inside a high detention cell in Camp Capinpin Tanay on July 25 2006 up to the present…
What is unbelievable is that Major Pancog, the Commanding Officer of these 40 EPs, was released last November 20, 2006. But his men are still inside without any charges, with no case at all.
These 40 enlisted personnel were never represented by counsel since they were restricted to barracks or even when they were incarcerated.
If Esperon will charge them now or will cut their salaries, then Gen Biazon should ask all the other Senators to condenm Mr Esperon and should initiate filing the necesasry charges against all those responsible of the incarceration of these 40 EPs.
We should not be afraid of the threat of Mr Esperon to cut their salaries. The moment he does that, we should attack him left and right…
We should not show any weakness against this evil person.
During an interview yesterday, Mr Esperon said that the fate of the 40 EPs should wait until the 28 officers are arraigned.
Then why did Mr Esperon not wait for the arraingment before incarcerating the 40 EPs? What if the court finds no probable cause to charge them with anything? Why did Esperon imprison them first then bring them to court later.
Talagang napakawalanghiya nitong si esperon! Ganoon din si gloria! Nakuha nilang ikulong ng napakatagal ang mga taong sumusunod lamang sa nakakatataas sa kanila, tawag ng tungkulin.
Wala silang puso at kaluluwa! 40 familia nalayo sa piling ng mga mahal sa buhay ng bawat isa, palibhasa ang kanilang pamilya ay maraming pera(pera ng taong bayan)na puedeng ipangtangal ng kalungkutan, na kanilang ipinagkait sa 40 sundalong itinago sa kaalaman ng sambayanan. Ang tawag diyan ay illegal detention! Mga walanghiya! Magamong demonyo!
army ranger,
“During an interview yesterday, Mr Esperon said that the fate of the 40 EPs should wait until the 28 officers are arraigned.”
Can’t believe that this man is so bereft of good conscience that he could even utter such scathing remarks about the troops whom he’s supposed to protect and care for as CSAFP! All he has to do is SHUT UP if he has nothing sensible to say but to quack like a duck…?
Just beyond me! Never ever heard anyone of his position speaking like that of troops, NEVER!
Military wife never again should you show any fear against Esperon. Always remember that No evil will last forever..
You should fight him with all your might. Do not take anything that is not right, sitting down. Fight.. Complain.. File cases… Go to media..
You have to continue fighting the legal battle and take into consideration the political arena and plan your media activities well… and Pray a lot…
Ask help from human rights organizations.. go international if you have to…
But never show any weakness to Mr Esperon…
Yes Mr Esperon is a hopeless case. He doesnt deserve to be alive one minute longer..
We have to be prepared of his plans to take over… he is an ambitious man. Very hungry for more power and money…
army ranger,
cowards, contrary to popular belief don’t take things for granted – you are right, they are ambitious! Take his guards away and I’m sure he’ll piss water!
If only you could interview the men inside. There is one soldier who saw his wife and children last December of 2005 yet. So it will be two years on Dec 2007. Because of financial constrainst, the family can not visit the prisoner.
Most of the families of the detainees are in the Visayas and Mindanao areas.
If not for the constant counselling and guidance of the detained officers, these men would run amock..
Mr Esperon has doubled or trippled his security. He has a platoon of Special Forces guarding him from afar aside from his close in security.
Even when he plays golf, he is surrounded by security.
Mr Esperon thinks he is god. While his wife thinks she is Mother Teresa.
I can’t believe you have a CSAFP with so little credentials to boast of. No wonder he can’t lead! Not only does he lack leadership experience, Spy in a previous thread also exposed the cowardice of Esperon who cannot boast of battlefield experience!
How can an officer at that level lead, if he’s not had experience in leadership! The only way to gain that that is by doing it in the field, with your men, with the troops, share their hardships, learn to care for your subalterns, the well being of the men and women under your command!
Goddamit! I’m ashamed… I will cut and paste the exposes here about Esperon and send them to all the European Defence Attachés in the Philippines so they will know!
And I will definitely tell my British military friends some of who are star rank so that they will never invite him to the UK and definitely will tell my NATO military friends too! If not for anything para maski mapahiya sana ang put¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤nang Esperon na yan!
Good heavens!
Let us all unite to stop the injustices being done by this evil Esperon. We have to show him that there is a law and that he is NOT the law.
If all sectors of society will gang up against Mr Esperon, I dont think he will survive.
With regards to Mr Esperon’s field assignments, I heard that the time spent by the detained officers in prison is longer than his stint in the field. Of about 35 years in the military service,Mr Esperon spent less than two years in the battlefield…
Most of his years, he was in Malacañang as PSG or with NICA or abroad as Military Attache’.
He has only one Gold Cross Medal but even that was doubtful becasue he got it when he was assigned in NICA.
I heard from our intel sources that Mr Esperon is the type of officer that makes a situation to earn credit. Like for instance, if the president is arriving in his field of assignment, he will make a scenario where there is an encounter and his command will retrieve fire arms that were already in his possession or it was previously retrieved in a previous encounter. He is so used to making up intel reports that even when he is in the field he would still make it up.
During his short stint in Basilan, he would always go home to visit his baby and he would leave his young officers behind to take over his command.
Mr. Esperon if he is still in his right mind ahould release the 40 EPs as soon as possible. But with his high pride, he will try to circumvent the law, to justify the incarceration of the 40 EPs
I hope all the good lawyers will volunteer to help the 40 Enlisted Personnel..
Please ask your lawyer friends to please volunteer their legal services for these young men inside.
One got married last June inside the detention compound.
Last Sept 23, there was a mass baptism also inside the detention compound.
Army ranger,
the situation in which both officers and men find themselves in is totally abnormal – this can’t go on! The military will implode!
Reposting here Mr Esperon’s credentials posted by Spy in a previous thread so that people will remember that we have at the helm of the AFP a man who shouldn’t be there!
Who is Mister Esperon?
Mister Esperon graduated from the PMA in 1974. He joined the Philippine Army as a Platoon leader of Bravo Company, 23rd infantry battalion. After only five (5) months in the field, Esperon made his way out and underwent various “gentleman’s courses” like PsyOps Course, Officer Basic Course, Home Defense Orientation course in Fort Bonifacio; Contrary to the exaggerated self-projection of Mister Esperon, his exposure to the rigors of repeated and almost a routine affairs with dangers and the fear-inducing hostile situation was not enough to mold him the “basics”. It requires time, a reasonable length of time for one to get the best teacher there is – experience and exposure. The law of the farm candidly exemplifies this. There is required number of days to hatch the eggs! At the height of Muslim rebellion in the mid 1970’s, he was at the sideline of various schoolings and after which he was assigned to 36IB as company commander from April 1975 to June 1976 (months short of a two (2) year requirement as company commander.) Simple perusal gives us Mister Esperon’s total time in the field as junior officer to only one (1) yr and 7months! After his stint as company commander, he held office/desk jobs in various AFP units like NISA, investigation officer, Military police Battalion.
For 17 years, Esperon stayed in air-conditioned office until he was given a battalion command in 1994. He had no COMBAT awards since 1974. Esperon was fraudly awarded a Gold Cross Medal in 1981 while he was the executive assistant of the NISA Director General. Such medal can only be awarded while displaying gallantry in battle NOT while working in an air-conditioned office!
Undoubtedly, he mastered the art of timing as he ingratiate himself to get always the best and timely schoolings, juicy and relaxing positions so he could always use the “principle of visibility” with the top brass, a corrupted and abused self-serving maneuvers of the ambitious in the AFP; After his stint as battalion commander, Mister Esperon went back to desk assignments from 1994 to 2000; He served as 602 Brigade Commander in Sarangani province (where the area is generally peaceful) for a year and as 103 Brigade Commander in Basilan for six (6) months; He assumed as PSG Commander in January 2002.
Total Number of years served in the field: four (4) years and eight (8) months ONLY.
As junior officer – 1 yr and 7 months
As Battalion Cmdr – 1 yr and 4 months
As Bde Comdr – 1 yr and 9 months
Army officers are required to serve at least five (5) consecutive years in combat after their commissionhip as junior officers and must hold positions of a platoon leader, company executive officer and company commander during their junior officer years.
Esperon’s total stint in the field is way below standard of any Army officer!!
God is good. He has secured the officers and EPs for a purpose. In God’s time, they will be free..
Remember the Lord can come in a day… remember what happened last Sept 2006 during Typhoon Milenyo…
Whatever good you do to others it will come back to you a hundred fold…
So whatever bad or evil you do to others, it will come back to you a thousand times worst…
Good luck Mr Esperon… try saving your own soul…
Army ranger,
God will be “gooder” when Esperon and Gloria are gone!
Re: During an interview yesterday, Mr Esperon said that the fate of the 40 EPs should wait until the 28 officers are arraigned.
Mister Asspweron, the supot thief-of-staf, is a twisted, pea brain monster!
What kind of logic was that? Can these 40 enlisted men go the court outside of the military?
Now that thier case is in the open, they should start making noise, iyong malakas na maririndi si Gloria at Ass! Iyan lang ang laban nila!
# army ranger Says:
October 12th, 2007 at 12:59 am
Mr Esperon thinks he is god. While his wife thinks she is Mother Teresa.
Ha!Ha!Ha! And Gloria says that god talks to her. Si Ass lang pala!
Cegav,pwede ba huwag mong- icapitalize ang iyong mga comments? Tingnan mo ang ibang comments, hindi naka-capitalize kaya maayos basahin.
Napapagod na ako sa kaka-edit ng iyong comments.
Small letters o sentence case lang ang gamitin, please.
Ellen,
Baka hindi makapag-type ng sulat niya sa computer niya with small letters si Cegav. Baka may napindot siya na permanent ngayon iyong capitalized letters pag type niya.
Kailangan niyang i-set ang font niya, I think. Nangyari sa akin iyan in fact. Worst pa nga kung katulad namin dito na may Japanese keyboard. Konting mali sa pindot, iba na.
Really unbelievable, this reasoning of Esperon
The more important matter that he has to answer: Do you deprive a person,in this case 40 people, of his liberty while you are still gathering evidence against other people?
Imagine. Ikukulong niya ang 40 na sundalong walang kasalanan (pero pinakawalan niya ang commanding officer na si Maj. Pangcog, dahil akala niya mapilit niya ang opisyal na magtestify against Birg. gen. Lim. I don’t know if he has suceeded with Maj. Pangcog) dahil hindi pa siya nakapaghigante sa mga taong may dangal dahil nakakahiya siya kapag tumabi sa mga yun.
Unbelievable!
Sus, ano bang pag-iisip meron si Mister Ass?! He took away four years from the lives of those enlisted men and all he’s saying is ‘their time will come’.
Besides, these 40 soldiers were reported not to know anything about their superiors withdrawal of support from the inept and fake president and commander-in-chief.
Asspweron can’t get even a fake confession from them. More than 4 years they are illegally detained, no dice pa rin si Asspweron sa kanila, wala kahit na pekeng ebidensya against their superiors.
Bah, baligtarin na ang table at ihagis sa mukha ni Mister Ass, tutal ay wala namang laman ang utak n’ya!
Re: “A good timing would be to arraign the officers first and decide what punishment would be fit for the offenses committed by the enlisted personnel, because they were simply led to doing it by some officers.”
Ellen,
Typical of an officer who didn’t serve long enough in the battlefield but only in offices. So gobsmacking… As you say unbelievable.
Gago talaga!
Chi, correction: the 40 soldiers have been imprisoned illegally for over a year. Not four years. Yung four years ang Oakwood officers.
Esperon and his lawyers keep on accusing the accused officers of delaying the court martial procedings.
Paano naman, they want to railroad the proceedings. Imagine in the beginning, the first months of the trial, the discussion revolved on the PTIR. Prosecution wants to proceed without giving the defense a copy of the PTIR. The defense said, the PTIR is the basis of the charges and you want to keep it a secret from us? It took five months before they were given a copy of the PTIR which showed that it recommended dismissal of charges against all the officers on the crime of mutiny. It recommended that some officers be tried for “conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman.”
It also recommended dismissal of all charges against a number of officers.
Then again, it took the prosecution another four months to give the defense a copy of the Pre-trial advice (PTA) that was supposed to have reversed the PTIR. Unsigned by Esperon naman!
Thanks, Ellen.
Nagugulo na ako sa dami ng innocent prisoners ni Mister Ass.
From Atty. Trixie Angeles, lawyer of Capt. Ruben Guinolbay:
“Let the court be convened instead of coming up with these dilatory tactics, its more than a year so lets go to trial and let the truth come out.”
Dilatory? “Dilatory” is not a defense strategy, rather, it appears to be an AFP policy. Who was it, anyway who waited five months before serving charges on the Army Scout Rangers? Who waited four months to serve a copy of the pre-trial investigation report and another two months to show a pre-trial advice (PTA)? Who, to this date, has not signed the PTA? Who then caused the bungled serivce of charges? Who put in more junior officers to pass judgment on Gen. Miranda in contravention of Sec. 4 of the Manual on Courts Martial requiring senior officers to sit in the panel? Who continues to make prejudicial statements intended to taint the panel and anyone who sits there, thus necessitating the lawyers to challenge them to ensure a fair trial? Who continues to insist that the defense of the rights of the accused be thwarted at every turn?
Even worse, who chose to wait for public outrage before he allowed Gen. Miranda to be hospitalized? Remember, sir, that human life, no matter whose it is, is not subject to your — or anyone’s– discretion.
The Constitution guarantees rights of individuals against the massive power of the State. The defense of the freedom of expression and the right not to be detained without due process is never dilatory in nature. Because of the constitutional guarantee, we must take up their defense. If anyone is to blame, it is the person who violated those rights who has caused us to rise in their defense and necessitated proceedings to address them. That violator is the cause of your perceived delay, Gen. Esperon. And you know who that is.
Mister Asspweron, the violator of the Constitution next to Gloria and the one who cried profusely when his fake president announced in 2002 that she’s not going to seek the presidency.
Iyakin pala ang bruho, parang si Hitler!
Keep enlisted men, risk illegal detention raps, Esperon warned
10/13/2007, Tribune
A reformist group within the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police yesterday warned AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr. that he could be charged on illegal detention for continually keeping in jail 40 enlisted men suspected of involvement in the botched February 2006 plot to overthrow the Arroyo government, as it urged the Senate to investigate the matter, which according to the group is basically denying the soldiers due process of law.
During a phone interview, Young Enlisted Soldiers Active and Retired Military-Police for Solidarity (YesArms) spokesman retired Commodore Ismael Aparri, said if Esperon continues with his practice of denying justice to the soldiers, he could be charged with illegal detention as they have been behind bars for over a year now without being charged.
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Ituloy na kaagad ang demanda! Btw, who are authorized to file illegal detention suit, the 40 enlisted men?
Now that it’s in the open, magkaisa kayo, bateryahin na ninyo ng kaso si Mister Asspweron! Get up and fight the evil duo of Kwin Korap and Mister Ass! Walang mangyayari sa inyo at amin kung maunahan kayo ni Ass ng demanda!
To our Senators and Congressmen, please pass a law amending the Articles of War. It is an obsolete and draconian piece of legislation. Adopt a law similar to the US Uniform Code of Military Justice. Make the military justice system fair.
Tirad Pass Brigade denounces secret and illegal detention of soldiers
The Tirad Pass Brigade (TPB) strongly denounces the Philippine Army’s secret and illegal detention of 40 soldiers, all enlisted men of the Army’s Special Forces and Scout Rangers arrested for allegedly unauthorized movement on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the EDSA I People Power uprising.
We denounce the AFP leadership for placing these soldiers under conditions very much like the dreaded US Guantanamo prison. Moved from one secret detention camp to another, majority of them were brought to the military stockade at Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal on July 24 last year, while a few more were brought there on August 1, and the rest just recently.
These soldiers are already being severely and inhumanly punished even as charges have yet to be filed against them. The Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Office remains at a loss on what actual charges to file against them.
For past 20 months, these soldiers have remained in secret and illegal detention, deprived of the right of access by their families, friends and legal counsel. The TPB demands that these soldiers, who have long been detained without charges, be immediately freed. At the very least, they should be accorded their fundamental rights and allowed to confer with their families and lawyers.
What kind of justice is there in our armed forces and under the present government that indefinitely and secretly detains soldiers and citizens even without charges? What kind of concern, if any, does our armed forces’ top generals, government officials have for its foot soldiers and people?
It is such glaring injustice, cruelty and indifference to the plight of the rank-and-file soldiers and the common folk that are pushing those of us, who can no longer stomach what we see in the service, to rebel and seek to radically change the armed forces and government.
Such dastardly acts of the armed forces and the government only steel our determination to fight for a system of government that truly values, promotes and safeguards patriotism, justice, democracy and the interest and welfare of the foot soldier and the common citizen.
Maj. Rad Pasion
Spokesman,
Tirad Pass Brigade
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Young Enlisted Soldiers, Active
and Retired Military-Police for Solidarity
(YES-ARMS)
GEN. ESPERON RISK ILLEGAL DETENTION CHARGES
Forty enlisted men suspected of involvement in the February 2006 plot to overthrow the Arroyo government, are continually kept in jail by Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. for over a year now without being charged. With this action, Gen. Esperon is basically denying the soldiers due process of law.
Justice delayed is justice denied considering that no cases have been filed
against these soldiers for twenty months to date. An injustice is already being committed and although there is no physical torture, our men in uniform have already suffered mental torture while in detention. Depriving them of their rights to visit their families, the torture of not knowing when they would get justice, or when they would be investigated and released from jail, are all forms of mental torture.
Gen. Esperon has no right to have the soldiers held incommunicado. They should be accorded a speedy trial.
Former Judge Advocate General’s Office deputy chairman Col. Al Perreras’ pre-trial investigation report had already recommended the dismissal of the charges under Articles of War 67 (Mutiny or Sedition) filed against the soldiers.
If the court finds them innocent, these solders should be freed immediately and at least duly compensated.
YES-ARMS’ reiterates its warning that the victory of former Lt. SG Antonio Trillanes IV in the May 14 polls overwhelmingly shows the public’s support for reformists soldiers, and their “disgust” for Mrs. Arroyo’s leadership.
Mrs. Arroyo should have thanked then Navy officer Trillanes for pursuing a talk with her before the July 27, 2003 mutiny happened. They wanted her to address badly needed reforms in our Armed Forces but she did not listen. In fact, she even wanted to have Trillanes arrested, the reason the Oakwood mutiny subsequently followed. Until now, she refuses to listen to the grievances of our men in uniform. Worse, she continues to abuse them to the extent of barring Senator Trillanes from fulfilling his duties as an elected senator.
Mrs. Arroyo, as the AFP’s Commander in Chief, knows the abuses Gen. Esperon is committing, but she allows them for fear that the current military leadership would engage in destabilization and cut short her term.
This government’s insecurities are dangerous to the extent of denying our soldiers their rights under the democratic system. She has the prerogative to authorize a speedy investigation and if found innocent, order the release the men from detention, but she would not do that out of fear that it could cause her ouster.
YES-ARMS continues to stand by our soldiers. We are prepared to defend their rights, no matter what it takes.
ISMAEL D. APARRI
Commodore, AFP (Ret.)
Spokesperson