Leaders of the Veterans Federation of the
After accurate and exhaustive scrutiny, VFP staff and
executive vice president, retired colonel Boni de Gracia, produced
sufficient data that the same complaints were also filed and dismissed by the
courts twice in years 2008 and 2011 respectively.
“If the truth must be served, let it be known that most of
the respondents listed in this new complaint only took office in 2011. This is
just a remake of the previous cases that the court already discarded,” De
gracia said.
Although moot and academic, public records show that the
resurgent case filed before the Ombudsman is similar in nature to the previous
cases wherein the accusations were just rehashed.
De Gracia added “The truth of the matter is that the VFP
does not handle any pension and finances of World War II, and the Armed Forces
of the Philippines
“As history would have it, the complainants Rafael
Evangelista and Marlon Dantes are neither World War II nor Post World War II
veterans. They are mere civilians. At the same time, all of the 10 complainants
are inactive members of VFP. That being said, they are not in a position to
know anything about the administrative and operational activities of the VFP.”
The other complainants, whose names were published in
various broadsheets and online news sources, allegedly claim that an amount of
P559 million in funds of the organization has disappeared.
Record showed there was satisfactory data that the VFP
as public corporation created under RA 2640, has been complying with the
government’s implementation and management audit.
“These accusations are bare and conjectural in nature. We at
the VFP are optimist that the Ombudsman will dismiss this case that is just
born out of pure harassment,” De Gracia concluded.
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