A general from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) has assumed as
the new chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command
(AFP-Centcom) based in Camp Lapu-Lapu in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City
Major Gen. Raul del Rosario, the newly-installed Centcom
commander, vowed to support the government’s drive against illegal drugs and
also keep the peace and stability in the Visayas.
“I promise I will not destroy the trust you have placed in
me,” he said in his speech after his installation on Thursday.
Del Rosario replaced Lt. Gen. Nicanor Vivar, who retired
Thursday after 38 years of military service. Vivar turned 56 Friday.
Gen. Ricardo Visaya, the Armed Forced of the Philippines
(AFP) chief of staff, presided over the change of command.
Visaya said their role is to support the drive against
illegal drugs.
He said a task force was created in the AFP to help police
and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Law enforcers can also tap the military for additional
forces when they have operations.
“Aside from that, the role of the armed forces is to give
intelligence reports, so they can collate the information well,” said Visaya,
an underclassman of Vivar.
Two active members of the AFP are being investigated after
they were named by President Rodrigo Duterte as drug protectors.
They will be discharged from the service if proven guilty.
Del Rosario thanked Vivar, who is his upperclassman in the
Philippine Military Academy, for his guidance and promised to continue the
latter’s best practices.
During his stint as Centcom commander in the past year and
11 months, Vivar said they conducted more than 47,000 operations against rebels
and other lawless elements.
He said 121 rebels surrendered, while 34 were either killed
or arrested during this period.
The Centcom’s engineering unit also helped build
infrastructures like roads in remote areas in the Visayas.
Vivar said they were also involved in humanitarian missions
in places ravaged by typhoons in the past years.
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