President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. accepted “with deep regret” the resignation of acting defense chief Jose Faustino Jr. and appointed peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. as the new secretary of the DND, Malacañang announced.
Galvez “has accepted” the offer, Malacañang said in the statement accompanied by two photos of Marcos and Galvez talking and shaking hands.No official reason was given for Faustino’s departure but he had been rumored to have tendered his courtesy resignation supposedly for having lost the president’s trust. He had reportedly been kept out of the loop in Centino’s reappointment and the sudden exit of Lt. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro.
On June 17, 2022, Mr. Marcos announced that Faustino was his choice for defense secretary, but the latter could only be appointed as DND’s OIC, in compliance with the one-year ban on the appointment of retired military officers under the law.He had been expected to formally assume the post in November last year when the ban would have lapsed, but his new appointment papers never came and he remained an OIC.
In a statement on Monday, the DND said it welcomed Galvez’s appointment and thanked Faustino for his service but made no comment about the latter’s resignation. Lacson was referring to Republic Act No. 11709, which took effect on July 1, prescribing fixed three-year terms for key officers of the AFP, including the chief of staff, which had allegedly stirred resentments among top military leaders who lost their chance at promotion as a result of the law.
ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro expressed worry over the alleged squabbling in the AFP, saying it “might lead to a coup d’etat like in the past.”Amid talk of unrest in the military, the Philippine National Police on Saturday said its declaration of a full alert over the weekend was not due to any destabilization plot as alleged by leaked police directives.
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