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Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said the contents of the “Oplan
Greenbase” documents, that the mutinous soldiers said drove them
to stage the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, are fake. Reyes took the witness
stand where he underwent more than four hours of grilling during the
resumption of the coup trial of the Magdaló group before the Makati
Regional Trial Court.
Reyes, invited to appear for the defense, said
the claim of the Magdaló soldiers that the government was behind
the series of bombings in Davao City and Cotabato from February to
July 2003 was “outrageous.”
“My testimony would erase all allegations
which have been aired regarding the so-called ‘Oplan Greenbase’
which are fake documents,” Reyes said in an interview after the
hearing.
The mutinous soldiers, whose leaders includes
former Navy Lt. Senior Grade turned Senator Antonio Trillanes 4th,
claimed that the bombings in parts of Mindanao were part of “Oplan
Greenbase” to warrant the imposition of martial law.
They likewise said the military offensive in
February 2003 against the Pentagon kidnap for ransom gang at the
Buliok Complex in Liguasan Marsh, South Cotabato was just a cover
for the implementation of the Liguasan Marsh Development Plan.
The group called for the resignation of Reyes
and other government officials during the Oakwood mutiny. But Reyes
told the court that the group’s allegations have no basis.
-- Jayson Cruz Luna
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