Galvez tells DND officials: Stay in place

By Francis Earl Cueto

Jan 12, 2023 12:14 am

(UPDATE) DEFENSE Secretary-designate Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday told officials in the agency to 'stay in place' despite the reported submission of courtesy resignation by its officials.

‘SMOOTH TRANSITION’ Department of National Defense Undersecretary Angelito de Leon and DND spokesman Director Arsenio Andolong hold a press conference at the military headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2022, to announce the smooth transfer of authority to Defense Secretary-designate Carlito Galvez Jr. from Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. Faustino and about nine Defense officials resigned after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. brought back Gen. Andres Centino as AFP chief of staff, replacing Lt. Gen. Vicente Bacarro after only five months in office. FROM A VIDEO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

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