Five Armed Forces senior officers vying for WMC top post
By Mario J. Mallari 11/09/2010Five senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are vying for the Western Mindanao Command top post which will be vacated on Wednesday during the retirement of incumbent Wesmincom chief Lt. Gen. Ben Dolorfino.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said the AFP’s Board of Generals (BOG) has already submitted its shortlist which is now awaiting approval from the commander in chief President Aquino.
“The recommendation has been forwarded to the President…I don’t want to preempt the President,” said Gazmin, who is responsible in forwarding BOG recommendations to the President.
Wesmincom is among the coveted area commands in the AFP, having jurisdiction over the Abu Sayyaf-infested provinces of Basilan and Sulu.
Earlier, there were speculations that an Army officer would be tapped as Wesmincom chief following the pull out of the Marines from Basilan in favor of the Army’s Special Operations Command (Socom). The Wesmincom has been led by two Marine generals, Dolorfino, who is reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56 on Wednesday, and his predecessor retired Lt. Gen. Nelson Allaga..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101109nat5.html
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