Who says that mechanisms are in place to act on allegations of corruption in the military?
By Alexander Martin Remollino Bulatlat.com Last July 27, a group of young soldiers calling itself the Magdalo group staged a mutiny in Makati City. Among the reasons it gave for staging a mutiny is corruption in the military, on which Navy Lt. Senior Grade Antonio Trillanes IV, one of the mutineers leaders, wrote in a detailed manner in 2001 as a graduate student at the University of the Philippines. Friday night, a group of junior officers went on television to denounce the mutiny. While acknowledging that there are indeed problems within the military establishment, they say there was no reason for going to the extremes of staging a mutiny since there are mechanisms in place for addressing these problems. The cases of two other military whistleblowers, Ensign Philip Pestao and Rear Adm. Guillermo Wong, may provide insights into the veracity of claims that issues of corruption in the military are being addressed reasonably. Philip Pestao In 1997, Navy Ensign Pestao was found dead after
