AFP: General Bautista Pledges to ‘Champion Good Governance’

From the Armed Forces of the Philippines Website (Apr 6): General Bautista Pledges to ‘Champion Good Governance’

CAMP GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City – Swayed by the nationwide momentum in good governance, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Emmanuel T Bautista pledged to further build on a “better, more capable and more respected AFP.”

“With deep awareness of the great honor and responsibility conferred to me, I pledge to champion good governance and lead the AFP by example,” Gen Bautista said in an awarding ceremony on Wednesday, April 3, where he was conferred a Fellowship in the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA).

The Chairman of the ISA, Dr Jesus P Estanislao, conferred the fellowship to Gen Bautista, saying, “All fellows of ISA are there only for country and for people and we are sure that Gen Bautista and the AFP are there only for country and for people.”

The AFP was also awarded the Performance Governance System (PGS) Plaque by the ISA for the high level of excellence it has shown in the pursuit of transforming public service in the country, particularly through the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) Bayanihan and the AFP Transformation Roadmap.

“This is the progress that we have made: we are now closer to bringing decades-old internal conflicts to a responsible end, we have finally began to win the peace, we have reoriented our strategy to nation building, and we have increased our focus in building a more credible defense force,” Gen Bautista said, citing the IPSP Bayanihan and the AFP Transformation Roadmap.

ISA is a non-government organization that advocates good governance as a common purpose and a shared responsibility. The PGS is a performance management framework that guides, tracks, and measures developments in the reforms being initiated by government institutions.

The PGS Plaque serves as a sign of AFP’s solid commitment to seeing the positive transformation through, and its continuous efforts to translating its strategy map into actions that will produce breakthrough results.

“We are very pleased that the AFP has taken up the challenge to instill a good governance culture in the entire [military] organization. Throughout this invaluable partnership between ISA and the AFP, you have shown nothing but a strong sense of commitment and dedication to the transformation of the AFP,” ISA President Mr Francisco C Eizmendi who also presented the PGS Initiation Status to the AFP.

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