Ligot squirms in his seat

Gen. Jacinto Ligot

I thoroughly enjoyed  the way Sen. Jiggoy Estrada was throwing his questions at the beleaguered Gen. Jacinto Ligot who, for the most part, was squirming in his seat and turning reddish (probably from embarrassment), while his lawyer kept on mentoring him to say nothing. Ligot was a good study of a liar who was caught with his pants down. He certainly didn’t expect Estrada to do his homework – and a good amount of legwork – so that when the crucial questions came, his denials crumbled.

First he said he didn’t know that his wife was a well-traveled lady having been gone to places outside the country at least 42 times, 13 of which were with the wife of Gen. Angelo Reyes, Teresita. He didn’t even know that Teresita Reyes and Erlinda Ligot are such good friends or that the latter belongs to that small circle of friends of Teresita who was receiving thousands of dollars in allowances from the AFP funds while on travel abroad.

Oh, yes, Ligot has such a fading memory that he even forgot his salary as a brigadier general or that his salary could have never afforded his wife the numerous travels abroad. So forgetful was Ligot that he didn’t know his wife had at least two houses in the US. When asked by Estrada if he knew about the properties, he pointedly said he didn’t, only to admit later that that was part of the information submitted by the Ombudsman in a case he is facing at the Sandigan.

But these travels are well documented. So are the houses of Erlinda Ligot in Anaheim and the City of Buena Park. So there is no way Ligot can deny these – unless a doctor can certify on his amnesia or Alzheimer’s  Disease.  But from the hearing this morning at the Senate,  Ligot appeared to be hale and healthy. Well, Jinggoy’s bombshells may have jolted him a bit, but like Carlos Garcia, mukhang wala na ‘atang konsensya.  They seem to have consigned themselves to the prospect that for the rest of their lives, they will be living in shame for having stolen millions from the Filipino people.

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