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Irate AFP chief Bangit walks out of interview


If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. This seemed like what newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Delfin Bangit did Monday when interviewed about his alleged rift with Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Jesus Verzosa. A fuming Bangit “walked out" of an interview after a female television reporter asked him why he and Verzosa were not talking with each other during the 113th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Army in Fort Bonifacio. “Yan ang hirap (That’s the problem). You do not say anything, mali ka (you’re wrong). When you say something, mali ka (you’re still wrong). So my PIO [public information officer] will take care of everything," Bangit said before walking out from the group of reporters interviewing him. He then boarded his vehicle. Earlier in the interview, Bangit cried foul over media accusations that he is President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s lackey whose appointment to the military top post is part of a grand plan to rig the results of the May 10 elections. “I feel that you are you [media] are leading us to infighting," he said. Bangit’s alleged rift with Verzosa supposedly stemmed from the PNP chief’s statement that he would not follow his military counterpart should the latter work to have President Arroyo’s term extended beyond June 30. Bangit is a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) batch 1978, where President Arroyo is an honorary member. He was appointed AFP chief last March 10. - KBK, GMANews.TV

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