Major General Ricardo Visaya and Brigadier General Joselito Kakilala share light moments before going to the war room. Photo from the Southern Luzon Command Armed Forces of the Philippines Facebook page.
The head of the military’s psychological warfare arm has been designated as the Armed Forces’ new spokesman.
Brig. Gen. Joselito Kakilala, also concurrent chief of the Civil Relations Service (CRS), will replace Col. Restituto Padilla, who will now concentrate on his other job as assistant AFP deputy chief of staff for civil military operations.
Kakilala assumed his position as CRS chief only last month. The CRS is tasked to conduct psychological operations against threat groups.
The member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1984 was former chief of the Office of the Strategic Studies of the AFP. He was also the former commander of the 903rd Brigade.
Padilla, on the other hand, said he can now focus on his main job.
“I am permanently occupying a position that entails full time and my being spokesman is only a secondary job,” he said.
He believes his previous statements did not have anything to do with his relief as spokesman. “I believe there was nothing I said that would have caused that.”
Padilla played a big role in downplaying the alleged rift between the AFP and the Philippine National Police in connection with the Mamasapano incident.
http://rp1.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/03/04/15/meet-new-afp-spokesman
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