There are a lot of things going through my head concerning the purported suicide of Reyes, chief among them that this better not derail the continued investigations into the on-goings (followed very closely with innocent men don’t kill themselves, they fight to prove their innocence). As with other things that have been going-on in the country since investigations into the last few years began, the timing is curious and suspect. Especially since there has always been a reticence on the part of people to come forward with knowledge of systemic corruption.

For me, there are some more than lingering questions:

• Why were close friends calling up newspapers to announce the ‘suicide’?
• Some reports indicate that his aides and family were with him when he shot himself. No one tried to stop him?
• Within less than an hour it has been definitely announced that he shot himself, in the chest. No ballistics?

Taken outside of the political rigamarole we have in this investigation, the apparent suicide of a high-ranking general of questionable integrity would still elicit some suspicion. However, occurring at the height of an investigation, with him one of the key figures in the tangle of graft and corruption, his death should come under even more scrutiny.

It might be callous to speak like this, but I cannot help but wonder. Yes, a family has lost a father and husband and that is their tragedy, for the country a worse one will be if this serves to derail the investigation.