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Angue to ‘speak it out’ in House probe on military promotion


Rear Admiral Feliciano Angue, discouraged from speaking to the media by his superiors due to his accusations of politicking among military officers, on Thursday vowed to “speak it out" once Congress starts its investigation on the Armed Forces’ promotion system. “I will wait for the investigation to be conducted by the defense committee of the Congress. That would be the best venue to speak it out," Angue, formerly the chief of the National Capital Region Command (NCRCom) until he was allegedly demoted to become head of the Zamboanga-based Naval Forces Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), said. The investigation will be spearheaded by the defense committee of the House of Representatives under Muntinlupa Rep. Rodolfo Biazon, a former Armed Forces chief. Angue said other military officers may appear before the House investigation to back him up, but he did not identify them. “Yes, more will be willing to appear and speak out because they could not be charged for doing so," he said. Angue believed that his supposed demotion from a three-star-rank position to a two-star-rank position was in connection with his accusations that some military officials had engaged in partisan politics in the May 10 elections. Interviewed on Thursday, Angue seemed to have clammed up following President Benigno Aquino III’s order for him to cease griping and instead follow his superiors’ orders. “I am being asked to stop speaking with the media, so I will just wait for the proper venue, where it would be legal to speak," he said, referring to the yet-to-be-scheduled House investigation. The military has denied demoting Angue, saying the move was a “lateral movement to the same rank but in another capacity," and warned him that he could face investigation for insubordination. One of Angue’s superiors, Rear Admiral Danilo Cortez, acting Flag Officer in Charge of the Philippine Navy, said he will talk with him in the coming days to “thresh things out the Navy way." “When Rear Admiral Angue reports back to the Navy, I will receive him in my office… We will thresh things out the Navy way—that is, doing what will be good for the institution, rather than for ourselves," he said in a statement on Thursday. Cortez urged Angue to vent out his sentiments in the proper forum and not in the media. “I already heard about the statements he issued to media by way of redress of his grievances. So, I would advise him to desist from further venting his sentiments as such will be addressed in the proper forum," he said. He added that the Philippine Navy will be conducting an investigation on Angue’s possible insubordination, in accordance with directives from his superiors in the military. - KBK, GMANews.TV

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