Abu Garci
No, he’s not Abu Sayyaf’s Khadaffy Janjalani in disguise, he’s Garci!
After a long period of hiding Garci is now back with a load of stories to tell and a new image to match.
Garci allowed himself to be interviewed by ABS-CBN Reporter Henry Omaga Diaz somewhere in Mindanao. The mode of the interview was quite similar to interviews conducted to underground personalities: the interviewer being fetched, blindfolded, vehicle switching, made to negotiate difficult terrains and cross rivers until reaching a hut in the middle of nowhere where the interview is conducted.
Garci’s handlers, whoever they are, really made sure they mounted a good set-up that stirs one’s cinematic imagination. Even Garci’s get up fits the plot. That is of course to put flavor on Garci’s present status – a good man hiding from the bad contrabidas just like in the movies.
Few days ago Mrs. Garcillano denied that she and her husband left the country. She added that her husband has been hiding in Mindanao to prevent authorities from capturing him. “I have to make myself rare for a while for fear of my life and that of my wife,” Garci said during his interview. He added that he is willing to face any inquiry to clear his name provided that his warrant of arrest and the bounty on his head be called off.
In the meantime, Garci, now assuming a new image and perhaps a new name like Abu Garci continues to enjoy his adventure as a quasi-underground figure. Garci should just pray that he wouldn’t end up mistaken as somebody posted in the PNP’s most wanted terrorists like what happened to that poor one armed guy.
Garci’s surfacing now brings more questions than answers. And quite like a movie thriller, we wait in anticipation for what will happen next.
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Photo taken from ABS-CBN Interactive