A little over a year after then-president Rodrigo Duterte signed the law, his predecessor approves amendments to it. Here's what's changed.
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, May 17, signed a law that amends the year-old legislation thatMarcos signed Republic Act No. 11939, which amends RA 11709, which intended to improve the Armed Forces of the Philippines ’s merit system and ensure the continuity of its programs and policies.
The AFP chief has a “maximum tour of duty” of three consecutive years. In the previous law, the term used was “fixed tour of duty.” In order to be promoted to brigadier general or commodore – all one-star ranks – an officer must have at least one more year of active service before compulsory retirement. The exception is if an officer is to be promoted to AFP chief, commander of one of the three major services, or PMA superintendent.For the most part, the new law either adds to or deducts a year from the mandatory retirement age set forth in the Duterte-era law.
Previously, those with three-year fixed-terms retire after completing their duty, unless they are promoted to chief of starr or relieved and not appointed to any other AFP post. A handful of Filipino cadets – youth who enter the AFP as commissioned officers through the PMA – spend time overseas in foreign academies. Previously, the law did not explicitly take these years into account and defined “active duty” as “the service or duty as a commissioned officer, enlisted personnel, cadet, probationary officer, trainee or draftee in the regular force of the AFP.
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