Last Friday, I was off somewhere in Makati when I found out that the coup charges against Gregorio Honasan were dropped by the Department of Justice. The order was signed by no less than the poster boy of the Arroyo Administration, Raul Gonzalez. I saw the 90-plus-page order – the last page, at least, and there’s the signature. (That day was ironic, though that’s one of the unbloggable days of my life.)

This comes two months after the DoJ indicted Honasan for the same crime after he was granted bail. And Raul Gonzalez even tried blaming the Supreme Court for the Makati RTC’s decision to allow Honasan to post bail!

Anyway, I saw him on TV Friday night, and again he claims that he will be independent once he assumes his seat in the Philippine Senate. I highly doubt it. The circumstances behind his release, the DoJ’s abrupt about-face, the denial by the Fortress and Honasan that there is a deal – these things don’t add up.

Anyway, as I have said last month, for all intents and purposes, Gringo is TU.