Ping Lacson vs. Gringo Honasan ug si kinsa pay mobabag sa iyang plano

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mga mistah managlahi ug baruganan? o dili lang jud gusto si Lacson nga naay magbabag babag sa iyang mga dautang plano?

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Not all right, sirs? Ping slams Gringo

By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Posted date: March 04, 2008

MANILA, Philippines -- A former leader of bloody coup attempts two decades ago has no "moral authority" to warn about the dangers of drawing the military into the country's current political crisis.

This was how Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson Monday questioned Sen. Gregorio "Gringo "Honasan's cautionary message aired the other day to forces demanding the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in a rare hint of friction between the two former classmates in the Philippine Military Academy.

"It is best for him not to comment on this issue," said Lacson, referring to his "mistah" in PMA Class '71. "He has no right to talk about this issue because of his lack of moral authority."

"He knows that when he divided the military and the police (with his own coup attempts), many of the officers were investigated and jailed and many families suffered as a consequence," Lacson told reporters.

In a statement on Sunday, Honasan, a key player in the military mutiny that sparked the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution against the Marcos dictatorship, urged anti-Arroyo groups not to be rash in seeking military intervention.

Honasan then warned that sowing "division" in the military and police could be bloody this time around -- unlike during the EDSA I revolt.

"Do not expect the military and the police to abandon entirely the administration. If you do get some faction, you will divide the only legally armed group in our society," he said.

"To those inciting the military, are you willing to take responsibility in case of an armed confrontation? If it becomes bloody, whether we like it or not, are you going to stand in the front-lines for your beliefs, at all costs, to fight for the truth?"

After the EDSA I revolt and before he entered politics, Honasan was as an Army colonel who led renegade troops against then President Corazon Aquino in failed coup attempts that left scores dead in 1987 and 1989. He was arrested but subsequently granted amnesty.

Honasan was again linked to plots hatched by a new generation of military officers, this time against the Arroyo administration, including the botched 2003 Oakwood mutiny.

Lacson, meanwhile, was a law enforcer who had his own share of controversies on his way to becoming chief of the Philippine National Police under the Estrada administration.

http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20080304-122624

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Helu... I'm still wondering ngano freeman pana si Lacson nga daghan man kaau na siya kaso... aw, mao lagi, bisan
daghan pud gani senate investigation against him, wala man gihapon nahitabo...

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sa kadaghang tawo nga angay motubag sa komento ni Gringo kay si Lacson pa jud ang pirmirong nitingog. mukhang guilty. dili sad ni angay surang surangon si Ping karon kay murag wala man gud mosalir iyang gi lutong makaw didto sa Ping Academy unya nag anam na kadaghan ang mga opinion / mga pangutana sa mga lapses sa mga panghitabo.

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Palace warns public vs Lacson’s witness
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/83678/Pa...acsons-witness

Malacañang on Thursday said it is not surprised by reports that Sen. Panfilo Lacson is bringing out a new witness in the Senate's hearings on the ZTE deal.

“I'm not surprised. Malamang hindi sila contented sa sinabi ni Mr Lozada kaya pinalabas nila si (ZTE consultant Dante) Madriaga. At ngayon, hindi pa rin sila nakuntento may Madriaga at kailangan pa nilang maghanap ng story," deputy presidential spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo said.

Fajardo said if the new witness cannot present strong evidence to back up his or her allegations, “everything the new witness would say will just be rumors or hearsay."

She said the Senate would be wasting taxpayers’ money and people's time instead of concentrating on important bills.

Fajardo said the public should also be more discerning about the possibility that the events concerning the ZTE investigations are not coincidental and that Lacson might have something to do with it.

She said Lacson knew that Lozada would be going to Hong Kong, instead of London, and that the official is resigning from the Philippine Forest Corp.

“Kung hindi ito pinagplanuhan and these are all coincidence, mapapaisip ka na sobrang coincidence ito. That's why we have to be very careful hindi dahil sa lagi niyong naririnig sa akin dapat may due process," she said. - GMANews.TV