From the Daily Tribune (Sep 18): Año exiting AFP next month, says Defense chief
There will be no extension for Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año.
Thus said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana as he stressed Año will be retiring.
“He will be retiring. He will not be extended,” he added.
Año is reaching the mandatory retirement of 56 on October 26.
“But for the replacement…the President will choose from among the three-star generals,” Lorenzana said.
Pressed if President Rodrigo Duterte already chosen the next AFP chief, Lorenzana replied “if there is, I will not be authorized to announce yet.”
This as two senior three-star generals are also retiring in the coming weeks, namely, Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina and Army chief Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda.
Año, Fallorina and Miranda are members of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Matikas” Class of 1983.
Informed sources said two senior Army officials are among the strong contenders to succeed Año as AFP chief, namely, Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom), and Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal, Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) chief.
Año is the second AFP chief appointed by the Commander-in-Chief since he assumed office in June 2016 – serving for only 10 months.
Mr. Duterte’s first military chief, retired Gen. Ricardo Visaya, served for only five months from July to December 2016. Visaya was subsequently appointed as National Irrigation Administration chief.
Año is also expected to continue serving the Duterte administration as the President has previously expressed his intent to appoint Año as secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
In fact, the President already announced last May that he wanted Año to take the DILG post in June but the Marawi City siege launched by Islamic State-terrorists erupted.
Recently, a prohibition on the appointment of newly-retired police and military general as DILG chief was floated – thus lessening the chances of Año’s immediate takeover as Interior secretary.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/ano-exiting-afp-next-month-says-defense-chief
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