He pocketed millions: severance pay, bonuses, bribes. As publicized, as was greedy, he plundered the Philippine treasury, took General Angelo Reyes lives. He was just one of many thieves in government service - his country is among the most corrupt nations in general. Manila - There was an exit like in a Hollywood Tragedy: The General left on Tuesday 8 February, at the crack of dawn his house, hugged his wife Teresa and asked her to take good care of their five children.
With his sons, Carlo and Judd and a bodyguard, he then went to Loyola Memorial Park in the previous days he had retired there several times to stop at his parents' grave contemplation. He asked Carlo, Judd and his bodyguard, at the cemetery entrance in the car waiting for him. Then he walked up the main aisle, turned into a side road, until he stood before the tomb of his family.
He paused briefly, pulled out a pistol - .45 caliber - and shot himself in the chest a few inches from the heart. His alarmed by the shot sons hurried to the tomb. Her father was covered in blood on the grave. With his last strength he asked his two sons: "Forgive me." Then he died. Carlo and Judd could still bring him with lights flashing and sirens wailing to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center.
45 minutes the doctors fought for his life. In vain. At 8:32 clock General Angelo Reyes has been officially declared dead. The 65-year-old was one for over ten years among the top ten of the Philippine Army. He had an almost irresistible storybook career behind him, was Chief of Staff, Army Chief, Secretary of State, personal advisor to the President.
Also on the international stage, he made a good impression. Two million pocket money, but now it threatened to end in disgrace: He had to study before a parliamentary committee to defend against accusations of corruption. Solo U.S. $ 1.14 million he allegedly pocketed in 2001 as a farewell gift on his retirement from the post of army chief - after only 20 months of service.
In addition, these are the allegations have been received at this time at the head of the armed forces monthly payments of 114,000 U.S. dollars. In addition, he had collected about two million dollars as a kind of extra "pocket money". Among others, the army would have financed expensive shopping trips abroad, his wife, Teresita.
Twelve days after the allegations were in the Senate committee became public, the General put his own life - how friends profess to redeem his family name. Reyes is not uncommon in the Philippines: For decades, serving the elite of the state in political, administrative, police and the military itself, especially you have a dense network of patronage, favoritism and bribery created.
The Philippines is among the most corrupt countries in the world. In the annual corruption index by Transparency International, the country was 2010 on the shameful place 134 of a total of 178th But the young president Benigno Aquino, the corruption declared war: Right after his election victory last year, he began the first official act of an Anti-Corruption Commission, appointed the well-known for his independence, former chief of the Supreme Court, Hilario Davide, at the top and gave him until 2012 to all charges against members and officials of previous administrations, especially the ex-President Gloria Arroyo to educate and bring the culprits to justice.
Greedy generals, the army has also been appointed a special commission of inquiry. Voltaire Gazmin Defence Secretary, said: "Whatever may have happened in the past, now things are different, such practices will no longer exist.." Gazmin assured that the military had already made structural reforms to improve the audit and internal intelligence.
With his sons, Carlo and Judd and a bodyguard, he then went to Loyola Memorial Park in the previous days he had retired there several times to stop at his parents' grave contemplation. He asked Carlo, Judd and his bodyguard, at the cemetery entrance in the car waiting for him. Then he walked up the main aisle, turned into a side road, until he stood before the tomb of his family.
He paused briefly, pulled out a pistol - .45 caliber - and shot himself in the chest a few inches from the heart. His alarmed by the shot sons hurried to the tomb. Her father was covered in blood on the grave. With his last strength he asked his two sons: "Forgive me." Then he died. Carlo and Judd could still bring him with lights flashing and sirens wailing to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center.
45 minutes the doctors fought for his life. In vain. At 8:32 clock General Angelo Reyes has been officially declared dead. The 65-year-old was one for over ten years among the top ten of the Philippine Army. He had an almost irresistible storybook career behind him, was Chief of Staff, Army Chief, Secretary of State, personal advisor to the President.
Also on the international stage, he made a good impression. Two million pocket money, but now it threatened to end in disgrace: He had to study before a parliamentary committee to defend against accusations of corruption. Solo U.S. $ 1.14 million he allegedly pocketed in 2001 as a farewell gift on his retirement from the post of army chief - after only 20 months of service.
In addition, these are the allegations have been received at this time at the head of the armed forces monthly payments of 114,000 U.S. dollars. In addition, he had collected about two million dollars as a kind of extra "pocket money". Among others, the army would have financed expensive shopping trips abroad, his wife, Teresita.
Twelve days after the allegations were in the Senate committee became public, the General put his own life - how friends profess to redeem his family name. Reyes is not uncommon in the Philippines: For decades, serving the elite of the state in political, administrative, police and the military itself, especially you have a dense network of patronage, favoritism and bribery created.
The Philippines is among the most corrupt countries in the world. In the annual corruption index by Transparency International, the country was 2010 on the shameful place 134 of a total of 178th But the young president Benigno Aquino, the corruption declared war: Right after his election victory last year, he began the first official act of an Anti-Corruption Commission, appointed the well-known for his independence, former chief of the Supreme Court, Hilario Davide, at the top and gave him until 2012 to all charges against members and officials of previous administrations, especially the ex-President Gloria Arroyo to educate and bring the culprits to justice.
Greedy generals, the army has also been appointed a special commission of inquiry. Voltaire Gazmin Defence Secretary, said: "Whatever may have happened in the past, now things are different, such practices will no longer exist.." Gazmin assured that the military had already made structural reforms to improve the audit and internal intelligence.
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