A TEST TO THE AFP AS AN INSTITUTION
RISK: GUDANI-BALUTAN CASE CAN SERVE AS A RALLYING POINT OF
ANOTHER REBELLION.
OR IT CAN BE ANOTHER ISSUE TO COMPOUND THE PILES OF
OTHER LEGITIMATE COMPLAINTS FROM THE
DISGRUNTLED MEMBERS OF THE AFP.
A POSSIBLE OAKWOOD MUTINY II?
TO CLEAR THE AIR OF SUSPICION AND PARANOIA,
AFP HIERARCHY HAS THIS TO SAY:
“ALLOW US TO BE NEUTRAL, ALLOW US TO BE APOLITICAL BECAUSE IF YOUR MILITARY, OR YOUR MARINES IN PARTICULAR, WILL SIDE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OR WITH THE OPPOSITION, YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THE TROUBLE IT CAN CREATE BECAUSE WE ARE ARMED.” (QUOTED FROM MAJ. GEN. RENATO MIRANDA, PHILIPPINE MARINES)
