Gazmin: No AFP, DND personnel involved in Napoles racket | Inquirer News

Gazmin: No AFP, DND personnel involved in Napoles racket

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 03:16 PM June 04, 2014

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines – Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Wednesday vouched for the integrity of the personnel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Department of National Defense amid the Janet Napoles scandal.

“I believe that there are no personnel from the AFP or DND that were involved in the scam,” Gazmin said at the induction of the new officers of the Defense Press Corps in Camp Aguinaldo.

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On May 17, the Philippine Daily Inquirer published an article on Benhur Luy’s list, revealing that retired Lieutenant General Edgardo Espinosa, former commandant of the Navy Marine Corps, Colonel Natalio Torreno, Col. Luciardo Obena, and Captain Edmund Yurong received allocations from Napoles.

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Gazmin advised those allegedly involved in the scam to “concentrate on their work.”

“Don’t ever get affected by the Napoles scam, and always focus on your job,” he said.

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