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Pro-GMA diplomats living like “modern day aristocrats” in foreign lands, says militant group

P 500,000 to 600,000 monthly allowances
Pro-GMA diplomats living like “modern day aristocrats” in foreign lands, says militant group

Philippine diplomats identified with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are living like modern day aristocrats, according to reports sourced by the militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) from its’ staunch ally group Migrante International.

Pamalakaya national chair Fernando Hicap said Philippine consul generals and ambassadors identified with the Macapagal-Arroyo ruling clique are regularly receiving monthly allowances ranging from $ 10,000 to $ 12,000 US or P 550,000 to P 660,000 at the expense of taxpayers money.

Earlier Migrante international chairperson Connie Regalado-Bragas said Philippine consul general to New York Cecille Rebong had been receiving a monthly allowance of 10,000 US dollars and was living like a full-time New Yorker.

Quoting the same Migrante International document, Pamalakaya said Consul General Corazon Belmonte in Hong Kong was allowed by the Macapagal-Arroyo government to spend one-and-half Hong Kong dollars ($ HK 1.5 M or P 10.5 M) to renovate her residence in the former British colony.

“ Diplomats loyal to President Arroyo are living like modern day aristocrats in foreign countries at the expense of taxpayers money. This is their reward for peddling lies to cover up the crimes of the cheating executive and immoral occupant in Malacañang,” Hicap said.

According to Hicap, the Philippine ambassador to Italy Philippe Lhuillier receives a monthly allowance of 10,000 to 12,000 US dollars or equivalent to P 550,000 to P 660,000. He said Marciano Paynor Jr., the country’s consulate general in Los Angeles, California receives a monthly living allowance of $ US 10,500 or P 577,500.

“ The Macapagal-Arroyo government is spending huge sum of tax payers money to promote the legitimacy of the illegitimate, corrupt and puppet administration. This illegal, detestable and gross malversation of public funds must be put to an end,” the militant leader said.

Aside from Rebong, Lhuillier and Payno Jr., four other pro-Gloria diplomats are also spending huge sum of taxpayers’ money in foreign countries. They are Consul General Minerva Jean Falcon in Berlin Germany ($ US 11,000 or P 605,000), Consul General Hector Villaroel ($ US 11,000 or P 605,000) in Paris, France, Consul General Victor Garcia ($US 10,000 or P 550,000) and Consul General Aladin Villacorte ($ US 10,000 or P 550,000) in Seoul, South Korea.

Pamalakaya sought an immediate investigation, including lifestyle checks on the government diplomats mentioned in the elite list of consulate generals and ambassadors whom they accused of spending public funds in foreign countries.

“ Pro-Arroyo oligarchs and aristocrats passing themselves off as consulate generals and ambassadors should be stopped from wasting taxpayers’ money. This kind of puppetry and political arrogance in the name of the ruling Macapagal-Arroyo syndicate must be put to an end,” the group added. #

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