Jockeying for top military post starts

From the Philippine Star (Nov 3): Jockeying for top military post starts

With still three months before the retirement of Armed Forces chief Gen. Jessie Dellosa, jockeying for his position has already started and candidates from at least three batches of the Philippine Military Academy are already being considered. A senior Army officer, who is not among the candidates, claimed “all of them are from the Philippine Army.” The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, identified the candidates as Northern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Anthony Alcantara, a member of the PMA “Matapat” Class of 1979; Armed Forces Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Noel Coballes of PMA “Mapitagan” Class of 1980; and Army chief Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista of PMA “Dimalupig” Class of 1981....  The process of promotion in the military, including the position of chief of staff, starts with the deliberation of a Board of Generals, composed of the chief of staff, vice chief of staff, deputy chief of staff and the commanders of the Army, Navy, Air Force. The resultant shortlist of candidates will then be submitted to Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, who, in turn, will submit it to the President. “But remember, the selection at level of the Commander-in-Chief is a unique one, he may or may not pick from the shortlist. He can appoint anyone, not necessarily in the submitted shortlist because he has that prerogative. In other words, the position of the CoS is a political choice,” the official said....

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