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Ex-AFP comptroller guilty of corruption

Posted by: Alecks P. Pabico | December 2, 2005 at 7:38 pm
Filed under: In the News

AFTER more than a year, retired military comptroller Major Gen. Carlos F. Garcia was finally found guilty by a general court martial at three this afternoon of massive corruption charges. The case stemmed from his misdeclaration of his net worth in his statement of assets and liabilities for 2002 and 2003, and possession of a "green card" or permanent resident status in the United States while still serving as a general in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

Garcia was subsequently ordered dishonorably discharged from the service, his pay and allowances, including his pension, forfeited. He was also sentenced to two years of hard labor at a place to be determined by military authorities.

The verdict of the six-member court martial presided by Lieutenant General Emmanuel Teodosio came after three gruelling hours of closed door deliberations. Two-thirds of the members eventually concurred with the prosecution panel’s findings that Garcia was in violation of the Articles of War, specifically Articles 96 (regarding conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman) and 97 (regarding conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline) in relation to the said charges.

The prosecution focused on Garcia’s unexplained wealth given his monthly salary of P40,000 as well as his failure to declare his P6.5-million deposit and P5.8-million dividends at the Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loans Association Inc. (AFPSLAI) and six cars in his assets statement. It, however, failed, to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the retired general maintained dollar and peso accounts in seven commercial banks (Land Bank of the Philippines, Allied Bank, Banco de Oro, Universal Bank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, United Coconut Planters Bank, and Planters Development Bank).

Garcia also faces a P303-million plunder case and four counts of perjury before the Sandiganbayan.

AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Generoso Senga said the ruling will still be elevated first to a Board of Review and then to the Armed Forces Judge Advocate General for concurrence or disapproval before he is able to affirm it. Afterwhich the decision of the court martial will be transmitted to the Office of the President for final approval. Garcia can appeal the military court’s decision before civilian courts after Senga upholds the verdict. (Read the one-page after-trial report of the general court martial here.)

Garcia’s unexplained wealth came to the public’s knowledge when his son was intercepted at an American airport trying to bring in undeclared US$100,000 to the US in December 2003. In a Newsbreak report, Garcia was described as having the "best of both worlds" until the exposé:

He belonged to two powerful cliques in the Armed Forces: the class of 1971 of the PMA, which includes Abaya (who graduated on the same year from West Point but is included in the PMA Alumni Registry as a member of the class) and the so-called comptroller family, a tight, exclusive bloc of military officers who corner appointments to comptrollership positions. If one is to find another explanation for this stroke of luck, Garcia, like Abaya, is an Ilocano.

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Had the American custom not intercepted or caught Garcia son upon entering trying to launder some $100,000 would this be one of the many undiscovered lot of the peoples treasury gone missing??? I’m just wondering why there is only one corrupt military man convicted. Is there anymore invertigations or we just have to wait until the next U.S. custom interception to innitiate another one? Or our own secret secret service so secret they do investigations so secrectly. Naykika just wondering..

naykika wrote on December 3, 2005 - 12:12 am | Visit Link

Although at first, government seemed hesitant in taking the necessary steps to persecute Major General Carlos F. Garcia, it is with GREAT HOPE that this positive development is the first step to the right direction [of punishing corrupt officials]. Like Naykika, I also am wondering if Garcia is the only corrupt military man who will be convicted. Maybe the next ones’ name will also start with the letter “G.” It is rather ironic that the names of those persons who are allegedly tagged as cheaters begin with a “G”: GARCIA, GARCI, GLUE-RIA.

Chabeli wrote on December 3, 2005 - 1:38 am | Visit Link

the ballgame: “…Senga said the ruling will still be elevated first to a Board of Review and then to the AFP J.A.G. for concurrence or disapproval before he is able to affirm it. After which the decision of the court martial will be transmitted to the Office of the President for final approval.”

to be caught is against the outlaw.

but there’s always an exception because the “outlaw” may hold on to power despite being caught.

will the “outlaw” approve the court martial of a fellow “outlaw?” stay tuned…

baycas wrote on December 3, 2005 - 6:17 am | Visit Link

Justice is not through yet with Gen. Garcia. With the military phase of justice over, the Ombudsman awaits him to face the graft charges filed against him for plunder and money laundering. Plunder is non-bailable and carries a death verdict.

Toro wrote on December 3, 2005 - 7:13 am | Visit Link

a year after, we’re one step closer to justice, but i agree with toro’s comment that the show ain’t over yet. let’s see how merceditas navarro-gutierrez handles the situation, her first test of credibility.

by the way, there’s another “g” who needs a spanking. lest anyone’s forgotten, there’s likewise GSIS general manager winston garcia. remember the fellow?

jester-in-exile wrote on December 3, 2005 - 10:24 am | Visit Link

only 2 years for Garcia?

johnmarzan wrote on December 3, 2005 - 1:02 pm | Visit Link

sentenced him to two years hard labor plus forfeiture of his benefits as a former military officer.

That’s it? This boy got off very easy! Hindi ba plunder yung ginawa niya?

johnmarzan wrote on December 3, 2005 - 1:08 pm | Visit Link

He was also sentenced to two years of hard labor at a place to be determined by military authorities.

Hmmm… pwede kaya sa Club Med yan o sa loob ng military base where he’ll uhhh.. do “hard labor” e.g. like pushing the remote of his DVD player?

wasnt he supposed to blow the whistle on the other military officials involved in similar scams too? so what happened there?

johnmarzan wrote on December 3, 2005 - 1:20 pm | Visit Link

johnmarzan, iba pa yung military court sa civilian court. sa civilian court siya kakasohan ng plunder. doon siya makukulong ng habambuhay. sayang, dapat binunyag niya na rin yung iba pa. hinihintay nia pa atang maabsuwelto siya sa higher-ups (ultimate decision is with glue-ria). tingin ko pag na-uphold ang decision, he wil tell all na sa plunder case niya.

jr_lad wrote on December 3, 2005 - 3:46 pm | Visit Link

YEAY!!!!! This is good news. I want that son of a bitch executed! Mga animal na magnanakaw!

On a better note:

SEA Games champion at last
RP team bags 113 golds and counting

Congratulations Philippines!!!!!

ryebosco wrote on December 5, 2005 - 4:07 am | Visit Link

Finally a big fish in Major Gen. Garcia is caught and found guilty of massive corruption. I hope this is the first step on reforming the stinking system the military has been mired in for I don’t know when.

The people should be on the watch, so that no suprising development will occur (like “Gen. Garcia escaped”) that may disrupt the process of putting the crooks behind bars and weeding out the military of “bad, rotten eggs”.

leor wrote on December 9, 2005 - 4:42 am | Visit Link

[...] Two years after Oakwood, a vindication of sorts happened when the AFP General Court Martial found Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia guilty of corruption. His plunder case is currently pending at the Sandiganbayan. [...]

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