The chief of army intelligence in the Philippines has resigned after last weekend’s failed mutiny by 300 soldiers.
Brigadier-General Victor Corpus, who was accused by the mutineers of incompetence and involvement in a bombing campaign , denied the allegations but said “deep restiveness” remained within the army’s officer corps.
A spokesman for the Philippines military, Lt Gen Rodolfo Garcia, told the BBC’s East Asia Today programme that some of the mutineers’ complaints were justified.
“Indeed there is corruption and graft in the armed forces. This is something that is a concern,” he said.
But he denied the mutineers’ claim that General Corpus, together with Defence Secretary Angelo Reyes, staged a series of bomb attacks on the southern island of Mindanao, which were then blamed on Muslim rebels.
Lt Gen Garcia denied that collusion between the armed forces and rebel groups was large scale or institutionalised. But he said it was possible that unscrupulous members of the armed forces might sell ammunition to rebels, civilians or arms traders.
The mutiny began on Sunday when the soldiers stormed a shopping and residential complex in Manila. They rigged it with explosives and demanded that the government step down.
It ended without violence after 20 hours.
Mr Corpus said earlier this week that Sunday’s events were “only the tip of the iceberg”, and that more troops had been preparing to join the mutineers had the military not thwarted the plot.
**The real damage could come from the explosive allegations made by the mutineers **
Phillipine army accused of staging bombings
Hmmm so Phillipine Army accused of staging bombings then blaming muslims wat a surprise not! I wonder how many other places have staged bombings then blamed people of a certain religion hmmm sept 11 ring any bells :konfused: