Documents speak for themselves

The problem with lying is that once you start, it’s difficult to stop because you have to commit more lies to cover up the original lie.

And in the process of endless cover up, truth manages to come out.

That’s what happened to the unconfirmed Brig. Gen. Jonathan Martir (his appointment to brigadier general is “ad interim”).

Martir’s promotion is being deliberated by the Commission on Appointments. Since there are two oppositors,fashion handbags, Francisco Catibayan and Maria Flor Querubin, wife of Marine Col. Ariel Querubin, the CA decided to defer discussion and decision on it to January.

Catibayan and Querubin’s opposition to Martir’s promotion centers on his having been absent without leave for 750 days (more than two years).

In an affidavit he submitted to the CA,gucci handbags, Martir did not exactly deny his having gone AWOL. In fact, he offered a solution: Deduct the unauthorized leave from his available leave balance.

Here are excerpts from Martir’s affidavit:

“Based on the anonymous letter dated 18 September 2006 to Hon. Avelino J. Cruz Jr., then the DND Secretary I, the undersigned, allegedly violated AW 62 (AWOL) for accumulating more than 945 days of absence. According to the complaint, I was only given 195 days of authorized leave which gives a discrepancy of more than 750 days of unauthorized absence, and that my available leave balance of 574.84 days could not offset this discrepancy.

“That based on my three passports issued between 1993 to present namely: number N042406 issued on 21 June 1993 and expired on 21 June 1998 number DD386079 issued on 18 May 1998 and expired on 18 May 2003 and number LL013454 issued on 13 March 2003 and expired on 13 March 2007, I have traveled outside the country on eleven different occasions. However, I would like to clarify that all of my travels from 1993 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2003 are all official and with authority from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, contrary to the complaint that I was only allowed 195 days of authorized leave. Further my travels abroad were either for military schooling or official visits as participation in Military Defense Exhibits and hence not charged to my official leave balance.”

This is the interesting part:

“That I would like also to clarify that during my travel to the United States on 16 July 1998 to 04 January 2000, I asked a favor from Col Julna Jerry C. Carrillo PN (M) (GSC) to file an extended official leave of absence on my behalf for I will be spending a long vacation with my family in the States, knowing that I have accumulated enough leave balance to be spent there. Upon arrival in the country on 01 January 2000, I learned that Col. Carillo did not file my request for an extended leave of absence because he forgot to do so. The number of days that I stayed in the States totaled 535 days. Considering that this period will be charged against my accumulated leave balance, only 385 days will be deducted, less weekends and official holidays, which totals 150 days. These 385 days of absence can be deducted from my available leave absence of 574.84 days. I will still have an available leave balance of 189.84 days after the deduction.”

Martir said in the affidavit “I have hereunto affixed my signature this 06th day of August 2006 at Taguig City.”

The affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before Col. Pedro G. Herrera-Davila, Judge Advocate General Service on Oct. 8, 2007. That means one year after the affidavit was supposed to have been prepared. If it’s true that it was prepared in August 2006.

Another affidavit, of course was executed by Col. Julna Jerry C. Carrillo who attested that Martir “,Hermes Purses;is an honest and honorable marine officer and that I know him since we were cadets at the Philippine Military Academy.”

He admitted that Martir “asked favor from me to file an extension of his official leave of absence when he visited his family in the States. However, I was not able to file his leave of absence because I overlooked the situation and I thought that I already filed it.”

Carillo said,hermes handbags, “I have hereunto affixed my signature this 01 day of August 2007 at Taguig City.”

Davila again signed, “Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of March 2006 at the headquarters Philippine Marine Corps, Marine Barracks, Manila.

Actually the typewritten year was “2007″ but Davila changed it in his own handwriting to “2006″. So it was subscribed and sworn to one year and five months before the affidavit was executed!

Someone was lying again. To support that lie, someone falsified documents.