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The AFP and NPA are definitely different from each other�Gen. Jarque
Brig. Gen. Raymundo T. Jarque (ret.) strongly denounced the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for being corrupt to the core even as he heaped praises on the New People's Army (NPA).
The cases that Gen. Carlos Garcia faces and the generals' attempt to cover them up are proof that the entire military bureaucracy is ridden with corruption, according to General Jarque. In an interview in Negros Occidental, Jarque said that the worst secret harbored by the military, and even of the Philippine National Police, is corruption. The former general admitted that even he was guilty of petty corruption when he was still in the AFP.
It may be recalled that Jarque shocked the country in 1995 when he turned his back on the AFP and joined the NPA because of trumped-up cases against him. Jarque stayed for two years in the mountains and countryside of Negros to seek forgiveness from the masses who fell victim to the havoc wrought by the AFP. He surfaced in 1997 as a consultant for the NDF peace panel.
According to Jarque, the NPA follows a command system that is almost 100% better than the AFP's. He said that in the NPA, "there are no generals, and everybody is a comrade. They do not receive salaries� and everyone spends their time in the service of the country."
"Without a doubt, there is a world of difference between the AFP and the NPA," said General Jarque.
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 07 November 2004
English Edition
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