Commander who quit post after deadly B'laan tribe encounter says his conscience crystal clear

From InterAksyon (Nov 50): Commander who quit post after deadly B'laan tribe encounter says his conscience crystal clear

The battalion commander who quit his post after 13 of his men were ordered court martialed for the deaths of a B’laan woman and her young sons said on Monday that he has not lost sleep over the incident and that his conscience “remains crystal clear.” “I volunteered to be relieved not because I feel guilty (for the death of Juvy Capion and her two sons). For the past two weeks, I slept well every night. I eat my meals with gusto,” Lieutenant Colonel Alexis Noel Bravo said during ceremonies where he turned over the command of the 17th Infantry Battalion to Lieutenant Colonel Shalimar Imperial.  “I volunteered to be relieved as CO of the 27th IB because I believe it is the right thing to do,” Bravo added.... However, after initially announcing the relief of Bravo, the military said he had not been sacked from his post since a board of inquiry determined that the responsibility for the incident was at Imperial’s level alone.... Colonel Glorioso Miranda, 1002nd Infantry Brigade commander, told reporters that Bravo’s decision caught him by surprise. He said Bravo should have stayed on because no order from the higher headquarters were issued to replace him....

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