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whY GUDANI face court martial?

October 8, 2005

Armed Forces chief of Staff Generoso Senga has ordered the relief of two officers for defying a Malacañang directive allowing military officers to testify before congressional inquiries only upon approval of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

brig. Gen. Francisco Gudani and Lt. Col. Alex Balutan, both with the Philippine Marines, also face court martial proceedings for appearing before the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security.

Committee chair Sen. Rodolfo Biazon held the hearings in response to reports of restiveness in the military establishment especially among junior officers over allegation that President Arroyo cheated in the 2004 elections.

Senga’s letter reads: “…no approval has been granted by the President to any AFP officer to appear before the public hearing of the Senate Committee on National Defense.”

A statement issued by Senga’s office said that Gudani and Balutan knew of the Palace instructions, “and yet they disobeyed a legal order, in violation of AW 65 (Willfully Disobeying Superior Officer), hence they will be subjected to General Court Martial Proceedings and will suffer the consequences of their actions.”

Why all this thing was heppening to us?

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