Ex-Navy chief ‘can’t remember’ report on ‘Garci generals’
By Joel Guinto
Inquirer
Former Navy chief Mateo Mayuga claims he “cannot remember” certain details of his controversial report clearing senior military officers of involvement in alleged vote-rigging operations that supposedly ensured President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s victory in the 2004 elections.
At the same time, Mayuga said it was up to the military leadership to decide what to do with his report, which has never been released in full to the public.
Asked about allegations his failure to interview certain witnesses resulted in the exoneration of generals linked to the supposed electoral fraud, Mayuga said: “Sa totoo lang, hindi ko na matandaan [To tell you the truth, I cannot remember]. I’m now with the private sector.”
Mayuga was guarded when interviewed by reporters on the sidelines of the Philippine Navy’s 110th anniversary celebration in Manila on Tuesday.
Asked if he would advocate the release of the report, Mayuga replied: “I’m a private citizen. No comment ako dyan [I won’t comment on that].”
When pressed if the release of his report would make any difference, he said: “I don’t want to say anything about the report because I’m a private citizen. It’s just up to the leadership of the Armed Forces on what to do with that report.”
In an interview on government television on Holy Wednesday in April 2006, Mayuga said there was no evidence to link four generals mentioned in supposed wiretapped conversations between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and ex-elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano to alleged election fraud.
The four retired generals are: Former Armed Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr., former Southern Command chiefs Gabriel Habacon and Roy Kyamko, and former Philippine Military Academy (PMA) deputy superintendent Francisco Gudani.
Asked if there was anything new in the unreleased portions of his report, Mayuga said: “Andun na lahat yun [Everything is there].”
Pressed on whether any witness linked Esperon to vote-rigging, Mayuga said: “Siguro, ‘wag nyo na sa akin [Maybe, don’t ask me]. I’m in the private sector.”
Mayuga retired in December 2006. He said he reused an undersecretary post at the defense department so that he could go on vacation after 38 years in military service.
“I was on vacation for one year, then I decided to join the private sector,” said Mayuga, who is now chairman and chief executive officer of Glenn Defense Marine Asia Philippines Inc., a maritime security firm.
Huwag siyang umarte, Ellen, baka matuluyan siya. Mahirap din ang sakit na iyan sa totoo lang. Amazingly, a lot any people I know who have been afflicted by this debilitating disease are people who have gotten used to cheating and deceiving other people. Parang curse sa mga sinungaling!
Mateo Mayuga is suffering from Gloria Arroyo’s communicable disease popularly known as selective amnesia. He was part of Malacanang’s cover-up operations.
Sayang si Mayuga. He was one of the respected generals until he whitewashed the famous Mayuga report. I wonder how much perks he got for absolving the “dirty” mistahs?
Corruption is contagious, Mayuga was infected by the virus!
I heard that Mayuga may have cancer.
Dapat kapag malapit mo nang makaharap ang Panginoon, gumawa ka na ng mabuti.
The lesson of the story is never ask a stupid question for you get a stupid answer from someone pretending to be a stupid mammal.
Gabriela: Dapat kapag malapit mo nang makaharap ang Panginoon, gumawa ka na ng mabuti.
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Tingin na nga nila sa mga sarili nila Diyos na sila bakit pa nga ba sila magpapakabuti? Tignan mo nga iyong SiRaulo hindi na natakot na gawan ng kaso iyong pareng matino na sa totoo lang ay hindi naman kasalanan sa batas ng Diyos at tao ang punahin ang kawalanghiyaan ng mga katulad ni Gloria Dorobo at mga alipores niya. Golly, wala nang freedom of speech basta ang binatikos iyong magnananakaw ng boto at pera ng bayan. Kawawang Pilipinas!
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This is the Big problem of Gloria.It SPELLS out the unspeakable corruption of her administration.It will haunt her 2010 onwards.
The Chinese speakers in this blog can tell you the meaning of this ominous symbol.
Nabagok ang ulo ni Mayuga!
The more that he should talk, he is now a private citizen. Hindi ba siya nakokonsiensya na ang daming nagdurusa sa kulungan ng walang batayan dahil ang kanyang report ay itinatago sa publiko? Mayuga must be a very very selfish man!.
Mayuga must have been rewarded by the Tongpats Kwin very very well to forget his own report. Onli in da Pilipins there are people like Mayuga.
Ang tawag diyan ay “imposed alzhaimer’s” disease. Imposed by a corrupt and evil queen virus. Ang gamot diyan, tawagin si Amay Bisaya para mag-exorcise siya. Basagan niya ng isang tray ng balut sa ulo kung hindi matauhan iyan. General naman, malinaw pa sa bolang kristal ang iyong pag-iisip sir.
Baka yung utak niya nahulog?
Ang tanong, may utak kaya siya? O hangin na lang ang laman ng ulo niya?
Equalizer,
Hindi ako marunong magbasa ng Chinese. Pero marunong akong mag-mahjong. Kilala ko yung first 3 symbols mo, hehehe.
Hindi na dapat tinatanong pa yang si ex-Admiral Gayuma. Dapat diyan sinasampal para matauhan!
Tongue:
May gayuma? Bwahahahahaha! Nakakayuga! Mayuyuga ako nito!
Equalizer,
Totoo nga, ang biggest problem ni Gloria ay CHARACTER.
Ka Valdemar
Idagdag mo pa ito: “Propriety, stupid.”
The heck with Mayuga’s loss of memory. I am waiting for some principled man in uniform to leak the report, to be posted at the Magdalo website, and other blogs like this.
Hindi naman national security concern yan.
I was going to say, sue under the freedom of information act, but we have bigger cowardly rodents at the Supreme Court.
Atty36, may freedom of information act ba sa Pinas? Kung mayroon, bakit hindi ko pa narinig na ginagamit iyan.
Pag wala na si Glue, sasabihin naman ni Mayuga na tama ang report niya, hindi lang inilabas, win-in situation nga naman siya.
Atty, pretty much like what the soldiers did with the Pretrial report of the Tanay Boys. Without
Ellen’s expose, walang kalaban laban ang mga ito but Ellen posted the original pretrial report so these Tanay Boys have some hope of justice after the evil bitch is out of her throne. Konting tiis lang muna sa kulungan ngayon ang mga ito. I do not expect that Yano and his generals will be any different from the asspweron. They were molded by the evil bitch!
According to reliable sources, hyped up lang naman ang Mayuga report. The real witnesses to the 2004 election rigging were not even interviewed at all. I also have a hunch that all the “alleged” witnesses may now be neutralized and put in better positions and paid well so they will not dare talk against the evil bitch and asspweron. Marumi silang maglaro!
PSB,
Kung hyped up lang ang report, e di tama si Tongue na sampalin na lang si Mayuga at nang matauhan!
Baka yung mga witnesses eh puro coronels and generals na rin ngayon and may even be the same manipulators in the AFP now. They are now the ones enjoying the perks that asspweron and his dogs used to enjoy!
In the first place, Mayuga was maybe eyeing at the CS position when he was asked to write his report. Ginamit lang ni evil bitch si Mayuga to clear her name and the name of asspweron. Mayuga was deceived because after he cleared asspweron, hindi rin niya nakuha yung minimithi niyang pwesto. Tama lang na may “alzheimers” siya dahil ayaw na niyang isipin na naloko siya ni evil bitch at ni asspweron!
In short ay uto-uto si Mayuga.
noypi,
you’re right, everyone has the propriety of stupdity. Our man is bequeathed with such as a private citizen under duress.
tongue twisted: chinese characters for ZTE
Sorry. Wala pa ngang freedom of information act. There is only a bill. There was also a bill proposed by Edong Angara as far back as 1988. Apparently, namatay – I meant the bill, not Edong.
But there is the right to information in the Constitution under Section 7 of the Bill of Rights.
In the case of Valentin Legaspi v Civil Service Commission (G.R. No. 74930 1987), it became the basis for a writ of mandamus (order from the Court to an officer or office) to open its register of eligibles to a government position.
In Valmonte v Belmonte (G.R. No. 74930 1989), it became the basis for the order to the GSIS to reveal records regarding loans made to the Members of the Batasang Pambansa.
In Bantay Republic Act v COMELEC (G.R. No. 177271 2007), it was used to compel the Comelec to disclose or publish the names of the nominees of party-list groups, sectors or organizations accredited to participate in the May 14, 2007 elections.
Valentin Legaspi v CSC stated that the Constitutional provision is self-executory. It does not need a law to flesh it out. If ever, a law may be passed only to limit it, or to provide procedures.
The last by the way, was a unanimous decision of the present Supreme Court upholding the right of the people to info. Let’s see them worm their way out of this predicament and eke out an exception for the Mayuga Report.