Sen. Vicente Sotto III (right) is congratulated by AFP chief Gen. Emmanuel Bautista after being commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel in the Army’s reserve force. Photo courtesy of AFP Public Affairs Office
Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Philippine Army reserve force, the military announced Friday.
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista and the senator’s celebrity daughter,
Ciara Sotto, pinned the senator’s rank during the formal ceremonies.
Members of the
senator’s family
were with
him during the ceremony, attended by top AFP officials at the military general
headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo.
were with
him during the ceremony, attended by top AFP officials at the military general
headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo.
AFP public affairs chief Lt. Col. Ramon
Zagala said Sotto used to hold the rank of major as a reserve officer of the
defunct premartial law-era Philippine Constabulary.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/467559/army-reservist-sotto-promoted
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