One more irregularity discovered by the House of Representative of $5 million unrecorded special funds in the military official book of the Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP).
Heidi Mendoza former auditor Commission on Audit (CoA) has discovered of $5 million after special audit on military funds conducted in 2005. She divulged the existence of the said amount in the House Committee on Justice hearing.
Mendoza witnessed against retired Major General Carlos Garcia former AFP comptroller. Mendoza appealed protection to the congressmen for she is being threatened as a witness. Guillermo Carague CoA chairman asked Mendoza not to pursue witnessing against the irregularity of multi-billion peso military fund.
Mendoza said the $5 million United Nation funds did not enter in the AFP book of accounts. She did not see documents for six long years, added Mendoza.
It was not happen during the time of General Garcia. This was included together with the documents that I turned over to the Ombudsman’s Office. Unidentified military officer get the fund, she claimed.
The DOJ-WPP or Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program placed Mendoza under provision since Mendoza has received death threat, said Leila de Lima Justice Secretary.
The threat (–foul word(s) removed–)umed to be real since Mendoza has powerful personality implication, added De Lima.
Indeed Mendoza needed security for she and six member panel led the CoA investigation of Garcia’s transaction, said justice Secretary.
Concerned retired police generals and military and several flag officers shows a full support to the continuing investigations of “pabaon system” in the AFP although it can harm the military reputation.
With this investigation the guilty should be punished, but protect the innocent, said Retired Army chief Lieutenant General Raul Urgello AGFO or (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation of Generals and Flag Officers president.