Guardians back GMA

Leaders of the 700,000-strong Philippine Guardian Brotherhood Incorporated (PGBI), pledged their full support to the Arroyo administration after some misguided members engaged in unauthorized conduct in the failed Malacañang siege and allowed themselves to be used by unscrupulous politicians in the May 14 polls.

Police Chief Inspector Abraham Jangao, Guardian Brotherhood Incorporated, (GBI) master founder, in a recent meeting with leaders of the military-civilian group at Camp Crame, also declared that they will not support 68 members who were rounded up in San Juan, Metro Manila on election eve.

Jangao’s withdrawal of support for the arrested members, came after Chief Superintendent Nestorio Gualberto, director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), himself a Guardian Brotherhood official, ordered the filing of five different criminal charges against the suspects with the Department of Justice (DOJ) the other day.

"We didn’t know nor sanctioned their deployment in San Juan and for this they should answer individually before the proper court for their illegal acts," Jangao said.

The suspects were inquested individually before a panel of DOJ prosecutors at the CIDG on charges of usurpation of authority, illegal possession of firearms, violation of the Omnibus Election Code, falsification of public documents and illegal use of military insignias and ranks. – Jaime Laude