Retired Army Lt. Col. George Rabusa, a longtime budget officer at the deputy chief of staff for comptrollership (J6), faced indictment when six years ago he got named in the military scam where former comptroller Gen. Carlos Garcia amassed ill-gotten wealth amounting to P300 million.
In a Senate hearing in January 2011, Rabusa named three former chief of staffs--Angelo Reyes, Diomedio Villanueva, and Roy Cimatu--to have benefitted illegally from a slush fund illegally setup in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) under control of the Chief of Staff. Reyes himself got a least P50 million in going-away gift when he retired in 2001. These information came up during the Senate probe on the controversial plea bargain deal that Garcia and teh Ombudsman signed recently.
When he testified in court in 2004, Rabusa was an impenitent witness and accused. This year, a new Rabusa faced the Senate inquiry--a willing witness that was ready to face his boss, knowing fully well that he merely received orders from his bosses then. His courage in facing up to his past and standing for justice and truth is exemplary.
The Department of Justice placed Rabusa under the Witness Protection Program (WPP).
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Glenda M. Gloria: "Ex-AFP 'bagman' names bosses in fund scam," Newsbreak 27 January 2011
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