Posting of Noy’s general implicated in Jonas Burgos case deferred

From the Daily Tribune (Dec 20): Posting of Noy’s general implicated in Jonas Burgos case deferred

President Aquino’s promotion to one star-rank general of one of the military officials implicated in the Jonas Burgos case was deferred yesterday by the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA). Burgos’ mother and wife of former journalist Jose “Joe” Burgos, Edita, stood as the oppositor before the bicameral confirmatory body in the designation given by Aquino some two weeks ago to Army Col. Eduardo Ano as brigadier general. Ano is alleged to be involved in the disappearance of Burgos, said to be an activist, some five years ago. The deferment of Ano’s promotion, the only one among the 50 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) senior officers led by Lt. Gen. Rey Ardo, who already took their oath in Malacañang even prior to subjecting themselves before the CA body, was sought by Senators Joker Arroyo and Sergio Osmeña III.
Osmeña, in a letter to the CA, asked to postpone consideration of Ano’s papers to a later date because he is indisposed. Arroyo, the lone senator during the hearing conducted by the CA national defense committee chaired by Rep. Antonio del Rosario on the case of Ano, adopted Osmeña’s call for deferment.

“I raise my objection on the ground that he (Ano) does not deserve to be a general in the Army. He has violated the human rights of my son, his right to liberty (for God forbid, his right to life). Ano stands accused of the crime committed against Jonas in a case under preliminary investigation by the Department of Justice (DoJ),’’ Mrs. Burgos said. In her submitted signed statement, Mrs. Burgos accused Ano, then said to be the head of the AFP Intelligence Service Group (ISG), when her son was reported to be abducted in April 27, 2007, last seen at the Ever Gotesco Mall, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City......

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