Philippine Army Sorry For Bad Photoshop Of Rebels
PHILIPPINE ARMY PHOTOSHOP – Recently, the Philippine Army posted a photo of rebels surrendering that quickly drew flack from netizens because of the blatant bad photoshop.
According to some groups like the College Editors Guild of the Philippines condemns the action executed by the Philippine Army. They said that the digitally manipulated photos of the rebels “malign the people”.
However, the Philippine Army had apologized yesterday for releasing their manipulated photo. Based on a statement from Maj. Ricky Aguilar, spokesperson for the Army’s 9th division, the photoshopping was to ensure safety.
Our line unit’s intention is not to mislead the public, but to protect the lives of the Former Rebels (FRs) who placed themselves at risk by surrendering to the government
Maj. Ricky Aguilar
In addition, he wanted to apologize for the “honest mistake” and hoped for the people’s kind understanding. But, there are some groups that say the edited photos are a gateway to corruption.
Organizations like the College Editors Guild of the Philippines made an article that stated that in September, the corruption of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) was exposed.
E-Clip is a program that aimed to give cash assistance to rebel surrenderee. The cash mandated by the order is P65,000. Following this, in recent reports, thousands of alleged rebels surrendered.
But, a certain Joselito Naag was introduced as an NPA surrenderee bringing in a bounty of P100,000. However, it turned out that he was part of the military.
With this in mind, the Guild questioned where the P65,000 assistance went to along with the P100,000 bounty. In addition, there were reports from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines that suggested corruption.
According to the NDFP, they received reports from barangays and communities in the regions that those compelled to surrender were promised P65,000 each. But, some of them only received P5,000.
Meanwhile, the majority of the surrenderees were left empty-handed, without a dime to their name.
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