Military downplays raps vs 2 PMA execs

THE filing of charges against two former top officials of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) is part of “due process” as they are tasked to answer charges before the proper courts, a spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines said.

“When soldiers, airmen, sailors or marines face a military tribunal or a civilian court to answer charges for what they did or failed to do, that’s due process,” Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo said in a statement on Saturday after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed this week charges of violation of the Anti-Hazing Law against Lt. Gen. Ronnie Evangelista, former PMA superintendent, and Brig. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro, former commandant of cadets.