After he was recalled by the Armed Forces from the United
Nations Disengagement Observer Force or known as UNDOF, Col. Ezra
James Enriquez is back at home. He returned to Philippines on Wednesday. Enriquez
arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
around 5:30 p.m.
Recalling the incident, Enriquez
said in a television interview, that Lt.
Gen. Iqbal Singh Singa who called the peacekeepers “cowards” declined to accept
his resignation to step down after they differed over besieged Filipinos in
Golan Heights to surrender their weapons
to Syrian rebels.
Enriquez was directly
hired by the UN peacekeeping arm. However,
he was placed on administrative leave by Singha. Recently, Singha earned
criticisms from the Philippine military for ordering the 40 Philippine peacekeepers to surrender their firearms
to rebels affiliated with al-Qaeda last August.
Enriquez served as of
Philippine peacekeepers troops in Golan Heights. He made is resignation following the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP ) Chief of Staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang
called for the investigation of Singha.
Ever since he was in
service on the military, Enriquez has never made a decision to defy a tactical’
order except from Singha’s. In a public
Facebook post earlier this week, Enriquez confessed that he did not regret
defying Singha's decision.
"I have been in the
military service for 30 years and never defied tactical, operational or
administrative orders from my superiors until that standoff in Position
68," Enriquez said.
The stuck 40 Filipino peacekeepers made their escape
which the the 
