COMPLAINT-AFFIDAVIT
I, MARIA CRISTINA R. INSERTO, of legal age, Filipino, single, presently residing at Nr 6 Regis St., Officers Row, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby depose and state, to wit:
1. That on or about 1100H 11 June 2005, while I was attending to my garage sale within the vicinity of the Barangay Hall, CGEA, Quezon City, two (2) MPs alighted/accosted me with no apparent reason;
2. That the MPs failed to make inquiry as to the status of my holding of the said garage sale and merely assumed that my holding of a garage sale in the abovementioned place was illegal and without permit;
3. That said MPs insisted that I immediately board the MP sidecar to be brought to the MP Batallion, which really embarrassed and humiliated me;
4. That I almost boarded the MP sidecar, however, I hesitated to do so and I conferred with my companion Miss Elizabeth Marie L. Rivera (daughter of Ret Col Alfonso Rivera and former resident at Camacho Street) and decided to board my personal vehicle to proceed to the MP Batallion.
5. That at the MP Batallion I was initially interrogated by (2) PAF soldiers, whether I had a permit;
6. That the permit which I applied for at and obtained from the Barangay Chairman was not recognized by the said MPs;
7. That only then was I asked where I lived and who was I a dependent of, at which I replied that I was the daughter of MGen Pedro Ike Inserto PAF;
8. That when they found out that my father’s driver/security was about to make a call to my father at that particular moment, did they request him not to call my father anymore and to just “settle the matter and file my statement for their records.”;
9. That I was told to make a statement but was only asked for my name and nothing further to put on record;
10. That during the investigation, I explained to the MPs that I was given permission by the Barangay Captain to hold the garage sale in the abovementioned place;
11. That prior to the holding of the said garage sale I personally applied for the permit and completed all the requirements a week prior, as what I have done in December 2000;
12. That I was belatedly informed by the said MPs during the later portion of the investigation that what is required is not a barangay permit but a permit from the Camp Commander;
13. That it was only then that I became aware of such requirement since I first held a garage sale December 2000;
14. That have I known of the said requirement, I would have dutifully complied to the same as what I did in obtaining the barangay permit and that the garage sale items merely consisted of my personal clothing for disposal;
15. That upon conclusion of the investigation, my father’s driver/security requested for the names of the two PAF soldiers who investigated me. Then I heard one of the MP (PFC Alvin E Albao 800724 PA) arrogantly uttering the words: “Sige, isama mo pangalan ko diyan para makita ng general na yan ang pangalan ko, bigyan pa ako ng pera”;
16. That I am executing this instrument to attest to the truthfulness of the foregoing and to seek redress for the humiliation my companion and I received and the arrogant actuation displayed by the said MPs against me and for them to be sanctioned for said behavior. I applied for the permit from the barangay unaware that a new rule was observed in Camp. Had they been efficient in the dissemination of the rules, and if the Barangay Captain had told me, then I would have responsibly secured a permit from the HSC.
AFFIANT FURTHER SAYETH NAUGHT.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature this 15th day of June 2005, in Quezon City.
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MARIA CRISTINA R. INSERTO
Complainant/Affiant
