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AN activist priest who heads an election watchdog said he couldn’t help but see something sinister in the appointment of Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit as the armed forces’ new chief of staff.
Kontra Daya (against cheating) convenor Father Jose Dizon said the appointment of Bangit could bring back a repeat of the “Garci Generals” controversy, where military officials were implicated in allegations of cheating in the 2004 elections to favor President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Dizon noted that Bangit headed the Presidential Security Group during the period when Arroyo was faced with moves to unseat her, and also served as chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
The general also served as Ms arroyo’s military aide when she was vice president, and belongs to the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1987, which has adopted Arroyo as an honorary member.
“His appointment exacerbates the fears that the [Armed Forces] will again be used ala-’Garci generals’,” Dizon said in a statement.
Bangit replaced Gen. Victor Ibrado, whose term ends this week and was not extended despite calls from some officials for the President to do so.
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