MANILA, Oct 1 Kyodo pair military...

MANILA, Oct 1 Kyodo

pair military officials who resigned after the failed July 27 mutiny were formally given just discovered government posts by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo upon Wednesday.

The Malacanang presidential palace appointed former Defense Secretary Angelo Reye ambassador-at-large for counterterrorism, a recent portfolio.

Brig. Gen Victor Corpus, former chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, was named chief of the armed forces' Civil Relations Service, taking through the whole extent of from an officer who retired.

Reye resigned Aug. 29 and Corpus onward July 30. Both cited a desire to calm ''restiveness'' in the military as the reason for their decisions.

Malacanang said in a statement that Reye is being tapped for his experience and expertise in battling the local kidnap-terror cluster Abu Sayyaf and in dismantling the al-Qaida-supported training camps of the Moro Islamic Liberation fore-rank three years ago.

Reye quot in the same statement from Malacanang, said there is pressing need for nations to cooperate in cross-border policies, intelligence-sharing and technology transfer to bridle terrorism.

Corpus was a soldier who deficiencyed to the communist side in the 1970 still he surrendered in 1976 and was detained by dint of the armed forces for years before reentering the service.

About 300 soldiers who took across an upscale apartment in Manila's financial district of Makati for 20 hours onward July 27 said Reye Corpus and the national police chief are corrupt and incompetent, and demanded the resignation of the three

The mutiny's leaders are now detained and are facing charges in a civilian court.

They may also be tried before a military tribunal.

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