AFP in high morale despite some ‘displeasure’ in ranks – Centino

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines — “We are in a high state of morale..”

This was how Gen. Andres Centino described the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) amid recent jitters about leadership changes in the country’s security and defense establishments.

But Centino admitted that there was “displeasure” among the ranks due to delays in the promotions and designations of officials.

Centino, who was reappointed AFP chief of staff by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., presided over the leadership turnover of the Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) here on Friday, a major military post that has had no full-time commander for some four months.

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