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Monday, July 28, 2003
Cebuano soldier ‘sided with truth,’ worries family
By CHARMAINE Y. RODRIGUEZ
Sun.Star Staff Reporter
CEBUANO Air Force 1Lt. Francisco Ashley Acedillo surprised his family when he appeared on national television along with other young military officers who occupied Oakwood hotel yesterday.
Acedillo, 26, son of retired military Col. Francisco Acedillo, went to the Philippine Military Academy after he graduated from high school in 1994.
In a text message to former schoolmate and Sun.Star reporter Grecar Nilles, Acedillo, a graduate of UP High School in Cebu, said he is “siding with the truth.”
“It will be exposed soon,” he added.
Acedillo’s elder brother Adrian, a doctor working in the Central Command Hospital in Camp Lapu-Lapu in Barangay Apas, said their family was “very worried” when they learned about what his brother did.
Acedillo, who has been assigned at the Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base, never told them anything when he took the last flight for Manila Saturday night.
They confirmed that he joined the Magdalo group when he sent them a text message yesterday morning.
“He has always been very idealistic. We support him (but) he could have consulted us. Sayangan ko because he had a promising career,” Adrian told Sun.Star.
“It was very unexpected. I realized that I knew him only as my brother. As a military officer, he shared the beliefs of other people,” he added.
Camp and hospital personnel also monitored yesterday’s events on TV as a lot of people know the Acedillo siblings, who grew up in the camp.
Both their parents, Francisco, 57, and Lenita, 53, are concerned about Ashley’s safety but their father “was also mad” since he had served the government for 29 years, Adrian added.
“He (father) knows a lot of things career-wise. He definitely knows the repercussions of my brother’s actions. But we’re keeping our fingers crossed,” he added.
He also hopes that the government will be “lenient” on the group since their grievances are “legitimate.” While negotiations were ongoing, Adrian wished that “nobody gets hurt and (that) they will all go back to barracks.” |
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