Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin is set to meet with President Benigno Aquino III Friday to discuss possible replacements for Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff General Jessie Dellosa, who will retire later this month.
Reports have it that there are two main contenders for the top military post - Army chief Lieutenant General Emmanuel Bautista and Philippine Air Force commanding general Lt. Gen. Lauro Catalino dela Cruz. Bautista is a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1981 while dela Cruz is Class '80. But Gazmin said all of the service commanders were being considered for the top post.
In the annual New Year's call held at Camp Aguinaldo Friday, Gazmin urged top military officials to renew their commitment to the military service. "It is the time for us to renew our pledge to strictly follow the chain of command and exercise utmost prudence in the discharge of our security duties and functions. It is the proper moment for us to pursue our fight against all forms of bureaucratic ills and corruption, timely with the approval by the President of our new AFP modernization law we can now implement the upgrading program for the armaments and equipment of our armed forces. It is also the time for us to work relentlessly on the realization of our internal peace and security plan Bayanihan and to strictly abide with the delicate conditions required of our peace process with the MILF," Gazmin said.
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