She got their loyalty and they got heftier retirement packages. There wasn’t enough time to check on everything, especially the military’s money. That allowed Garcia as comptroller to run circles around five chiefs of staff while secretly amassing more than P300 million from a monthly pay of P26,000.
At sinabi rin nila na alamin ng Anti-Money Laundering Council kung saan talaga galing ang pera. Ito’y dahil inako ng League of Philippine Provinces ang pamimigay ng pera sa mga governors, pero wala naman itong account sa banko na nagbalunbon ng cash na tig-1,000 P500 bills.