Alejano: I Could Have Been the Youngest General Now if I Didin’t Enter Politics
Former Marine Captain and now Congressman representing the Magdalo Party List, Rep. Garry Cajolo Alejano told reporters on Thursday that he could have been the youngest Marine general if he continued his military service and did not enter politics.
Alejano was talking to the media about the frigate deal wherein he criticized Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana for changing decisions over suppliers.
Alejano had called out the country’s military and defense officials for quickly changing their preference for the combat management system (CMS) to be installed in the two frigates that Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was building for the Philippine Navy for P15.7 billion.
Alejano issued the statement on Wednesday night, hours after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Rear Admiral Robert Empedrad, the Navy’s flag officer-in-command, defended the selection of Naval Shield Integrated CMS over the widely adopted Tacticos of the Dutch firm, Thales Group.
The opposition lawmaker noted that Lorenzana and Empedrad told the Senate in a Feb. 19 hearing that Tacticos is the best CMS in the market. The CMS is the “brains” of a warship.
Unlike during their times in the Marines and Navy, Alejano said the organization is clouded with corruption.
“Although I am a successful politician now, I think I still had a lot of work to do in the marines before I entered politics. Ako dati ang pinakabatang kapitan so why not kung hindi ako nagretiro sa serbisyo ako rin ang pinakabatang heneral ngayon?”, Alejano said.
The Congressman added that the way the military organization is governed now is far from what he and his fellow Magdalo mutineers were expected.
“Everything insid ethe Marines now sucks”, he said.
Alejano was talking to the media about the frigate deal wherein he criticized Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana for changing decisions over suppliers.
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Alejano issued the statement on Wednesday night, hours after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Rear Admiral Robert Empedrad, the Navy’s flag officer-in-command, defended the selection of Naval Shield Integrated CMS over the widely adopted Tacticos of the Dutch firm, Thales Group.
The opposition lawmaker noted that Lorenzana and Empedrad told the Senate in a Feb. 19 hearing that Tacticos is the best CMS in the market. The CMS is the “brains” of a warship.
Unlike during their times in the Marines and Navy, Alejano said the organization is clouded with corruption.
“Although I am a successful politician now, I think I still had a lot of work to do in the marines before I entered politics. Ako dati ang pinakabatang kapitan so why not kung hindi ako nagretiro sa serbisyo ako rin ang pinakabatang heneral ngayon?”, Alejano said.
The Congressman added that the way the military organization is governed now is far from what he and his fellow Magdalo mutineers were expected.
“Everything insid ethe Marines now sucks”, he said.
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