MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has praised a ranking officer for taking a leave of absence pending an investigation on his office’s publication of an inaccurate list of communist rebels from the University of the Philippines (UP), but said the move was “totally unnecessary.”
Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ deputy chief of staff for civil-military operations (J7), said late Thursday he was going on leave to avoid influencing the probe.
“That is a laudable act of MGen Benedict Arevalo but totally unnecessary as I don’t think the case warrants a formal inquiry,” Lorenzana told reporters when asked for his reaction on Are…
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